Wednesday, April 23, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Meet the faculty who are working on OER for courses in the Journalism Associate Degree for Transfer (AD-T). Journalism faculty Tara Cuslidge-Staiano and Erin Hiro will explain how they created their textbooks, A Guide to News Writing and Broccoli and Chocolate: A Beginner’s Guide to Journalism, …

Developing Open Educational Resources (OER) for Journalism CoursesRead More »

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm As described in a 2020 article, “Backyard Geographer” Professor Jeremy Patrich tries to liven things up for his students by incorporating his passions for geography, geology and Disney artifacts into YouTube videos that he hopes will help build interest and engagement in education. What resources …

Engaging Students in Geography with Open Educational Resources (OER): Meet the “Backyard Geographer”, Jeremy PatrichRead More »

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Watch the “Exciting Geology OER Textbooks in Development ” recording Access the “Exciting Geology OER Textbooks in Development ” slides Geology is fortunate to have some very good openly licensed textbooks, especially for Physical Geology. Additionally, colleagues from across the state are currently developing OER …

Exciting Geology Open Educational Resources (OER) Textbooks in DevelopmentRead More »

Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Join us to share experiences on what it was like to prepare to apply for a ZTC grant. Learn what was most helpful to applicants and what could have been easier. Successful grant recipients will be on hand to give tips and advice to help …

A Conversation About Applying for Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Acceleration and Other GrantsRead More »

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Watch the “Funding the Development of OER and Navigating Your Local Context” recording Access the “Funding the Development of OER and Navigating Your Local Context” presentation slides How do you take a proposed scheme for funding faculty to do OER work and execute it using …

Funding the Development of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Navigating Your Local ContextRead More »

Friday, March 1, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Mythbusting: Addressing Misconceptions About OER” recording Access the “Mythbusting: Addressing Misconceptions About OER” presentation slides “But my course won’t articulate if I use OER.” “OER is just too complicated to use.” “OER is just not as good.” “There isn’t OER in my discipline.” …

Mythbusting: Addressing Misconceptions About Open Educational Resources (OER)Read More »

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Watch the “Supporting Faculty in Considering, Adopting, and Creating OER” recording Access the “Supporting Faculty in Considering, Adopting, and Creating OER” presentation slides – TBD Join us as a panel of OER Liaisons discuss different approaches to supporting faculty to learn about OER, adopt existing …

Supporting Faculty in Considering, Adopting, and Creating Open Educational Resources (OER)Read More »

Friday, January 20, 2023 from 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Watch the “Defining Deliverables in the Request for Proposals (RFP) Process” recording Access the “Defining Deliverables in the Request for Proposals (RFP) Process” presentation slides What is meant by a “deliverable” in the OERI’s Request for Proposal? And why is it important to define your …

Defining Deliverables in the Request for Proposals (RFP) ProcessRead More »