Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm The OERI, in collaboration with De Anza College and East Los Angeles College is pleased to announce regional professional development opportunities for those who intend to remix open educational resources in the LibreTexts platform and create openly-licensed assessments. Those who support this work are also invited to attend. Attendees of these …

ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting at East Los Angeles College – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework SystemsRead More »

Friday, May 16, 2025 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm The OERI, in collaboration with De Anza College and East Los Angeles College is pleased to announce regional professional development opportunities for those who intend to remix open educational resources in the LibreTexts platform and create openly-licensed assessments. Those who support this work are also invited to attend. Attendees of these …

ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting at De Anza College – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework SystemsRead More »

Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Drop in to chat about ASCCC’s IDEA Framework. This space is for anyone using the framework to assess existing Open Educational Resources, to create new OER materials, or to discuss all things IDEA. Join your IDEA colleagues to ask questions, to get feedback, or to …

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office HourRead More »

Friday, March 21, 2025 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm The 2024 – 2025 Exemplary Program Award recognized OER programs at four colleges and their outstanding achievements in advancing the use of OER to break barriers and promote academic equity. Representatives from each of the four colleges will provide an overview of their program emphasizing …

Integrating, Advancing, and Sustaining Open Educational Resources (OER) for Access and Equity: Exemplary Program ShowcaseRead More »

Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm As we strive to offer more ZTC courses and pathways, chemistry faculty often face challenges in finding open homework solutions that meet their instructional needs. Let’s have a conversation where faculty can share their experiences, identify key barriers, and discuss what resources or support would …

Identifying Open Homework Needs and Challenges: What Do Chemistry Faculty Need to Make ZTC a Success?Read More »

Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm The IDEA Framework was created to inform the development of new OER and the review and improvement of existing OER. What does an IDEA review mean for a human anatomy text? What does an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and anti-racist biology OER look like? Join us …

Applying the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework to Open Educational Resources (OER): Human AnatomyRead More »

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Discussions with economics faculty have identified two barriers to establishing zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) sections of microeconomics and macroeconomics: the lack of no-cost openly-licensed adaptive homework assignments and freely available but inadequate graphing technology. What is presently being done to address the adaptive homework assignment need? And …

Addressing the Homework Needs of Economics: Adaptive Homework Assignments and Graphing TechnologyRead More »

Friday, March 14, 2025 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am During the 2020-2021 academic year, OpenStax indicated that at least one faculty member at 61 California community colleges reported adopting OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology. At about the same time, the OERI funded a team of faculty to separate out the anatomy components of the text …

Anatomy and Physiology Courses: Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Getting to ZeroRead More »