Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm The cost and accessibility of textbooks can serve as a barrier to student success. Yet in many lower-division engineering courses, instructors use textbooks not only as a reference and a guide for students, but also as a source of homework and exam problems. In this …
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Monday, March 16, 2026 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Join us to explore the Toolkit for Inclusive Workforce Education, a new openly licensed resource designed to help faculty integrate essential professional skills into existing course content without changing course objectives, discipline, or modality. Explore five adaptable module templates that support communication, technology use, self-advocacy, goal setting, …
Friday, March 13, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Commercial language textbooks are costly and often rely on generic, outdated content disconnected from today’s students. In this webinar, the author of Salón de Clase, an intermediate Spanish textbook for educational professionals, will outline the collaborative process, key stakeholders, and guiding pedagogical principles that lead …
Monday, February 2, 2026 from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Watch the “OERI Discipline Lead Information Session” recording Access the “OERI Discipline Lead Information Session” slides Discipline Leads are a critical component of the OERI ecosystem in serving as a resource for their colleagues and curating the OERI’s collection for their discipline. The OERI welcomes …
Thursday, January 22, 2026 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am Watch the “Creating Engaging Video Supplements for OER Textbooks” recording Access the “Creating Engaging Video Supplements for OER Textbooks” slides Join Kim Martin (Copper Mountain College), ECE faculty and former distance education coordinator, as she shares her practical workflow for creating video supplements for OER …
Friday, November 14, 2025 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am Watch the “Teaching with AI: Practical Tools for Biology Instructors” recording Access the “Teaching with AI: Practical Tools for Biology Instructors” presentation slides As AI rapidly expands into education, biology instructors have new opportunities to create engaging, accessible, and cost-free resources for their students. This …
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Monday, November 10, 2025 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm In this webinar, we will explore the available OER for music fundamentals, music theory, and musicianship courses. Join us to discuss what OER exist and which ones should be included in the developing the music OER collection on the OERI website. Please contact the OERI …
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Thursday, November 6, 2025 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am Watch the “Fall 2025 Roundup of OER/ZTC Developments for ECE” recording Access the “Fall 2025 Roundup of OER/ZTC Developments for ECE” document The field of ECE is rapidly expanding with new OER and ZTC materials. This webinar will provide an overview of resources developed over …
Thursday, October 30, 2025 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Watch the “Re-examine ADAPT to Create Chemistry Problems” recording In this webinar, we will demonstrate how to use ADAPT’s molecular sketcher tool to create chemistry problems where students can build and manipulate molecular structures directly within their assignments. Join us to learn more about this …
Friday, October 24, 2025 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Watch the “Sin Fronteras: Inclusive Open Educational Resources (OER) in Spanish” recording Access the “Sin Fronteras: Inclusive Open Educational Resources (OER) in Spanish” presentation slides Today more than ever there is an urgency to embrace language teaching practices that are both inclusive and equitable. This …
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