Upcoming OERI Webinars and Events
The ASCCC OERI provides professional development regarding OER via webinars, visits to colleges, events, and presentations. During the academic year, weekly webinars provide a forum to share discipline-based information as well as information on specific topics related to OER advocacy, adoption, and development. Live webinars provide an opportunity for the OERI to hear from faculty at the colleges and our archived webinars serve as a useful library of resources.
During Spring 2024, the OERI’s twice monthly webinars (Friday Forums) will be on the 1st and 3rd Friday starting in February. There are expectations with February 23 and April for Spring Plenary session. The final one of the term will be on May 3rd.
The ASCCC OERI will provide automated captioning for all webinars and OER Liaison events (i.e., conversations, orientations, and webinars). If you would like to request a live human closed captioner for any of our offerings, please contact us by e-mail at least 10 business days in advance.
Looking for CCCCO-hosted webinars related to ZTC, OER, and/or coding? Please see our OER and ZTC page. Access this page directly using tinyurl.com/OERI-Archives.
Show Upcoming OERI Webinars and Events
- Rock and Mineral Collections for Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Geology Lab Courses: Help Determine our Strategy
Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Register for Rock and Mineral Collections for ZTC Geology Lab Courses
Physical geology lab courses generally include robust rock and mineral identification components, requiring an alignment between the content of the lab manual and the resources the college has available to teach the lab. How do we ensure that available ZTC lab manuals meet the needs of all the colleges? Please join us to help determine how to achieve this. We will investigate pertinent questions such as: Are images of rocks and minerals sufficient? Do we all already own the same resources, such as Ward’s Washington School rock and mineral box? We will also introduce the Geology OER collection and discuss OERs currently in development.
- True Access: Ensuring Student Access to Course Resources on Day 1
Friday, March 15, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Watch the “True Access: Ensuring Student Access to Course Resources on Day 1” recording
Access the “True Access: Ensuring Student Access to Course Resources on Day 1” presentation slides
There are some students who can’t access course resources because of delays in financial aid or other funding sources. What if you could provide students with the time they need to purchase your commercial text? While adopting open educational resources (OER) may not be an option for all courses or may simply not be something you’re ready to do, the value of removing cost-barriers to first-day access to course resources is obvious. Join us for a discussion of sustainable approaches to ensuring equitable access to course materials on the first day.
- Math OER Office Hours
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The OERI is pleased to offer a series of math open educational resources (OER) office hours throughout the term. These office hours will serve as a Q&A session where attendees bring in their math OER needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to MyOpenMath.
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Tuesday, March 19, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Tuesday, April 2, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Monday, April 15, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Thursday, May 2, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Wednesday, May 15, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
- Hospitality Management and Open Educational Resources (OER)
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Register for Hospitality Management and OER
While hospitality management programs across the California Community Colleges vary widely, the existence of C-ID descriptors for hospitality management associate degrees for transfer (ADT) provides a mechanism for identifying comparable courses across the colleges – and assists in the development of resources that meet statewide needs. Join this conversation to learn about the available OER and share your own OER needs.
- Biotechnology and Open Educational Resources (OER): Collecting Material for Curation and Creation
Friday, March 22, 2024 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am
Register for Biotechnology and OER: Collecting Material for Curation/Creation
Join us in this conversation to explore curated examples of expanded and developed material in biotechnology. Our goals for our time together are to share ideas and materials and set up collaborations with colleagues.
- Anti-Racism in Action: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Basics Training
Friday, March 22, 2024 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Register for Anti Racism in Action: IDEA Framework Basics Training
Using Open Educational Resources (OER) is an important element of student equity efforts at all of our colleges. Join us for a hands-on training to learn how you can use the OERI IDEA Framework to ensure your course materials reflect anti-racist and culturally-relevant pedagogy. In this training, we will review the IDEA Framework and explore how it can be used as an assessment tool for OER. Remember, equity is a journey and not a destination. Let’s keep going!
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology
Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Register for OER for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology
An analysis of zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) data obtained from California Community Colleges (CCC) reveals that the biology courses that commonly are needed for allied health pathways are being taught with OER at some colleges and that others have found the available resources lacking. What resources are CCC faculty using – and how have they addressed common complaints about the available OER? Join us to consider the available resources and discuss potential approaches to increasing OER adoption across the CCCs.
- Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Labs – Lab-Specific Challenges and Solutions
Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Register for ZTC Labs – Lab-Specific Challenges and Solutions
Labs are commonly reported to be one of the most challenging types of courses to get to ZTC. While openly-licensed lab manuals may be available, what do you do when printing is a must? Are the images in that open educational resource (OER) lab manual of sufficient quality? What is needed to make your homegrown lab manual OER? Join us for an interdisciplinary discussion of the unique barriers to establishing ZTC lab sections and approaches to overcoming them.
- Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science Cohort: What Can I Expect?
Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Register for ZTC, OER, and Political Science
The ZTC Acceleration Grant Collaboration Cohorts established by the ASCCC OERI will increase the use of OER by ensuring an awareness of openly-licensed texts and ancillaries as well as, hopefully, lead to the development new resources. This webinar will provide an opportunity to share the resources and needs identified through the gathering of ZTC data from the cohort members – and a place to discuss potential collaborations.
Archived OERI Webinars
All formal OERI Webinars are archived. In the event that a webinar is repeated, one archive will typically be made available. If you are ever interested in the slides used for a webinar, please contact us.