OER Liaisons

• OER Liaison Kickoffs – Fall 2024

  All OER Liaisons are required to attend a Fall 2024 OERL Kick-Off. Live sessions will be delivered via Zoom and you are encouraged to attend this option. Sessions will be recorded and archived for viewing if live attendance is not possible. For a complete list of the OER Liaison expectations, please see the Fall 2024 OERL Expectations Document on the OERI website.

  Please register for an OERL Kick-off below

  • Register for Monday, September 9, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Kick-off
  • Register for Tuesday, September 17, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Kick-off
  • Register for Friday, October 4, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Kick-off
• Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER) to Support Student Learning

  Friday, September 6, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

  Register for Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER) to Support Student Learning

  Employing AI to create ancillary resources for OER is one of the many ways that generative AI can support both teaching and learning. While many faculty have experimented with free AI tools, many have not had the opportunity to investigate the more sophisticated tools that are not freely available. To maximize the potential of AI, what should you keep in mind when selecting such tools? Join us to explore the practical considerations for evaluating and selecting AI tools as well as view demonstrations on how to use AI to develop ancillary resources.

• Making Open Educational Resources (OER) Magic with Student Workers

  Wednesday, September 11, 2024 from 9:00 am – 10:00 am

  Register for Making Open Educational Resources (OER) Magic with Student Workers

  Discover effective strategies to reduce faculty workload by engaging student workers in various aspects of OER development, from research and content creation to technology integration. This session will also cover how to use grant funds efficiently, ensuring that investments not only support educational goals but also provide valuable work experience for students. Gain practical tips and learn from case studies that demonstrate the successful integration of student workers in OER projects, thereby fostering a collaborative academic environment and optimizing resource allocation.

• Fall 2024 Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – An Overview and Update

  Friday, September 20, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am

  Register for Fall 2024 Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – An Overview and Update

  A year ago, colleges were determining how to use the funds they received from the Implementation Grant as well as rushing to identify ZTC pathways to apply for the Acceleration Grants that had recently been made available by the Chancellor’s Office. Today, local ZTC leads are focused on ensuring that the ZTC pathways supported by Implementation Grant funds are available to students by the Fall 2025 deadline and that they meet the Fall 2026 deadline for pathways funded with Acceleration Grants. In addition to engaging in activities to facilitate ZTC pathway development, local ZTC leads are also asking questions about the reporting requirements associated with the receipt of funds and how new OER developed with ZTC funds will be shared. What information will be needed for the December 2024 ZTC reporting and expenditure progress reports? How will COOL4Ed be used to share resources? Join us to find out the latest on all of these topics – and to ask your questions.

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 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