Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 9:00 am – 10:00 am Watch the “Building Community with OER: Collaborative Course Design and Faculty Partnerships” recording 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 …

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Friday, April 18, 2025 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Approaches to Integrating No-Cost Marking and XB12 (Instructional-Material-Cost) Coding into the Textbook Adoption Process” recording Access the “Approaches to Integrating No-Cost Marking and XB12 (Instructional-Material-Cost) Coding into the Textbook Adoption Process” slides In January of 2018, the requirement that California community colleges mark …

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Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Watch the “Converting Local Political Science (POLS) Courses to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Using Open Educational Resource (OER)” recording Access the “Converting Local Political Science (POLS) Courses to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Using Open Educational Resource (OER)” slides While all but one of the specified …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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