OER Liaisons

• OERLs and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Coordination: Setting Boundaries and Priorities

  Thursday, November 7, 2024 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

  If you wear multiple hats related to textbook affordability (OER, ZTC, etc.) and have a hard time setting boundaries or determining priorities when organizing your time, then this is the conversation for you. We will discuss the challenges in wearing multiple hats and share strategies for avoiding burnout.
  Register for OERL and ZTC Coordination: Setting Boundaries and Priorities

• Kinesiology and Open Educational Resources (OER): Identifying Needs

  Monday, November 18, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  Join us as we review the core courses typically found in Kinesiology programs, including foundational subjects like anatomy, biomechanics, exercise physiology, and motor learning and identify the essential resources and educational materials needed to enhance these courses. We will also consider areas where OER could be developed to support student learning and engagement.
  Register for Kinesiology and OER: Identifying Needs

• Beyond Homework: How to Use MyOpenMath for Science Labs

  Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am

  Join us for this webinar designed to help educators harness the power of MyOpenMath to create dynamic science labs! This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the platform by demonstrating how to design, customize, and implement interactive lab activities that enhance student learning. Whether you’re new to MyOpenMath or looking to deepen your skills, this webinar will equip you with practical tips and strategies to elevate your science curriculum.
  Register for Beyond Homework: How to Use MyOpenMath for Science Labs

• OERL Conversation: XB12 Implementation Community of Practice

  See Dates Below

  Join your OERL colleagues in this conversation to share your experiences, successes, and challenges around implementing XB12.
  Register for Tuesday, November 20, 12:00 pm OERL Conversation: XB12 Implementation Community of Practice

• Math Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours

  See Dates Below

  The OERI is pleased to offer a series of Math OER office hours throughout the term. These office hours will serve as a Q&A session where attendees bring in their math OER needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to MyOpenMath

  Register for Math OER Office Hours on Tuesday, November 21, 9:00 am – 10:00 am

• Biotechnology: Something New and Something Needed

  Friday, November 22, 2024 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am

  What Open Educational Resources (OER) are presently available for biotechnology courses? And what other biotechnology resources are needed? Join us to discuss the OER you are using, developing, and/or needing.
  Register for Biotechnology: Something New and Something Needed

• Unveiling Tarea Libre 2: A New Open Educational Resource (OER) Homework Ancillary for Intermediate and Advanced Spanish

  Friday, November 22, 2024 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

  We are excited to announce the official launch of Tarea Libre 2, the second-year Spanish homework ancillary that follows the Tarea Libre for first-year Spanish (2023) project. Our new OER includes a question bank with over 800 interactive activities, developed in ADAPT for intermediate and advanced courses. All activities in Tarea Libre 2 are fully accessible and follow the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) framework. Aligned with C-ID SPAN 200 and 210, Tarea Libre 2 closely parallels the 8 thematic modules of Acceso and Entrada Libre.
  Register for Unveiling Tarea Libre 2 – A New OER Homework Ancillary for Intermediate and Advanced Spanish

• ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems – South

  Friday, December 6, 2024, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

  The OERI, in collaboration with Santa Ana College, is pleased to announce a professional development opportunity for faculty who intend to remix open educational resources in the LibreTexts platform and create openly-licensed assessments. Those who support this work at colleges are also invited to attend. Attendees of this in-person event at Santa Ana College will be introduced to – and actively interact with – LibreTexts, the LibreTexts Remixer, and the ADAPT Open Homework System. Registration is now open for this December 6, 2024, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm in-person event. A light breakfast will be served and lunch will be provided. To defray costs, a registration fee of $25 will be charged. Space is limited.

  Register for December 6 OERI Regional at Santa Ana College

Welcome! If you’ve identified yourself as being “advanced”, you already are the person that your colleagues approach with their OER questions. Steps #1 – #6 (our to-do list for those with less OER experience) may be things you have already tackled.

• Complete your tasks as delineated in the term’s expectancies document.
• Introduce yourself locally. Share with your faculty colleagues, part-time and full-time, that you are the college’s OERL and that your role is to share resources with them – as well as communicate their needs to the OERI. An e-mail to your colleagues would be appropriate, as would a visit to your local senate and other relevant committees.
• Determine the status of OER at your college.
  • If no one has provided the OERI with information regarding the number of courses and sections at your college using the no-cost designation (as required by SB 1359) during the fall term of the current academic year, provide that information to the OERI. If you are not sure what to do, please ask for assistance.
  • If information regarding the use of the no-cost designation has been provided, explore the criteria used for making this determination and determine whether or not these course sections tend to be using OER or not. In other words, educate yourself regarding the use of this designation as an initial exploration into the status of OER at your college.
• Engage faculty in one or more disciplines about their use of OER – why or why not are they using OER?
• Explore the following:
  • Printing OER. Has a process for making printed OER available been established? If not, what are the barriers?
  • Informing students of OER. What information does your course schedule provide to students regarding the OER being employed in a given course? Are students provided with information for accessing or obtaining OER resources in advance of a course’s start? Is there room for improvement in how this communication is handled?
  • Has your local senate formally indicated it’s support for the use of OER?
• Identify next steps related to the items in #5 – and take them.
• Conduct a local OER needs assessment similar to what the OERI is trying to do at the system level. Most importantly, what discipline faculty are most interested – and willing – to use OER and what is stopping them from doing so?
• Establish a web presence to showcase your local OER work and to direct your faculty to resources. Consider the websites and pages of other colleges before you get started.

• Fall 2024 OERL Survey Questions
• Fall 2024 OERL Survey
• Fall 2023 OERL Survey Questions
• Fall 2023 OERL Survey
• Spring 2023 OERL Survey
• Fall 2022 OERL Survey Questions
• Fall 2022 OERL Survey
• Fall 2021 OERL Survey Questions
• Fall 2021 OERL Survey

• Chemistry OER survey
• Physics OER survey
• Spanish OER survey
• ASL OER survey
• Biotechnology OER survey
• Hospitality Management OER survey
• EMS/Fire Technology/Paramedic OER survey
• Education OER survey
• Psychology OER survey
• Geology OER survey
• Public Health Science OER survey
• Kinesiology OER survey