Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 9:00 am – 10:00 am Discover how OER can foster collaboration among faculty to create high-quality, shared course materials that benefit both educators and students. This webinar will explore strategies for co-developing OER, building cross-institutional partnerships, and streamlining resource-sharing efforts. Learn how working together can enhance course design, reduce workload, …

Building Community with Open Educational Resources (OER): Collaborative Course Design and Faculty PartnershipsRead More »

Friday, April 18, 2025 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am In January of 2018, the requirement that California community colleges mark their no-cost course sections went into effect [Senate Bill 1359 (Block, 2016)]. In the summer of 2022, all colleges were to have implemented the initial iteration of XB12, a section level data element that …

Approaches to Integrating No-Cost Marking and XB12 (Instructional-Material-Cost) Coding into the Textbook Adoption ProcessRead More »

Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm While all but one of the specified courses in the POLS Transfer Model Curriculum have available OER, a variety of local political science courses that are found in the Associate Degree for Transfer and/or in local degrees do not. What local courses are commonly found …

Converting Local Political Science (POLS) Courses to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Using Open Educational Resource (OER)Read More »

Friday, February 21, 2025 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Findings from the 2024 OER Liaison Survey” recording Access the “Findings from the 2024 OER Liaison Survey” presentation slides Since its inception, the OERI has gathered data from local OER Liaisons on a yearly basis. While the focus of the survey has shifted …

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Friday, February 7, 2025 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “OERI and ZTC Degree Program” webinar recording Access the “OERI and ZTC Degree Program” presentation slides In light of the recent changes in the approach to the expenditure of the ZTC Degree Program funds, how will the work of the OERI change? Join …

The Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) and the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degree ProgramRead More »

Friday, December 6, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Trends in OER Awareness and Adoption: National and California-Specific Trends” recording Access the “Trends in OER Awareness and Adoption: National and California-Specific Trends” slides Digital classroom materials have become ubiquitous across higher education courses. Faculty regularly use digital versions of textbooks, homework, quizzes, …

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Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Watch the “Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science” recording Access the “Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science” presentation slides ZTC and OER have the potential to grow the political science discipline in the California community …

Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political ScienceRead More »

Monday, October 21, 2024 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Watch the “Bridging OER and Open Source: Advancing Computer Science Education” recording Access the “Bridging OER and Open Source: Advancing Computer Science Education” slides Join us for an engaging discussion on the intersection of OER and open source tools in computer science education. We’ll explore …

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm In this conversation, we will share our experiences and discuss the challenges and opportunities we have encountered when using AI tools to create materials in chemistry. Together, we will exchange practical strategies, showcase examples of AI-generated content, and collaboratively identify best practices for integrating AI …

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chemistry Open Educational Resources (OER): Exchanging Ideas, Experiences, and Best PracticesRead More »