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 the Spring 2022 term our weekly webinars are Fridays at 10:30 am, beginning on February 4.
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.
Show Upcoming OERI Webinars and Events
- OER and Physics
Friday, May 20, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Register for OER and Physics
Join us in this conversation to discuss the OER needs of the Physics community and expand discipline collaboration on developing and implementing OER.
- RFP #3 Showcase: ESL and Comparative Government
Friday, May 20, 10:30 am -11:30 am
Register for RFP #3 Showcase: ESL and Comparative Government
Join us as we showcase two new OERI-funded products: an ESL book that specifically supports California Community College students and a Comparative Politics book that is student-centered, inclusive, and examines topics such as gender, religion, and identity. Hear from the teams responsible for these new books about the focus, process, and ethos that guided their projects to completion.
- Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and XB12, the New Instructional-Material-Cost Data Element
Thursday, June 2, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Register for Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and XB12, the New Instructional-Material-Cost Data Element
A new section-level data element has been introduced by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office that provides a code to track course material costs. XB12, Instructional-Material-Cost, has been added to the California Community Colleges Management Information System Data Element Dictionary. The implementation date for the new code is summer 2022. Join us for an overview of the existing definitions of ZTC and guidance with respect to the new data element.
- Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) Licenses
Tuesday, June 7, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Register for Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) Licenses
Ever wonder about the difference between “open”, “open access”, “free”, and “fair use”? This interactive webinar explores these concepts and gives an overview of each Creative Commons license, how it can be used, and how to give proper attribution using the TASL (Title-Author-Source-License) format.
- Remixing Licenses
Wednesday, June 8, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Register for Remixing Licenses
How do you mix various open licenses? How do you attribute content from multiple sources with different licenses? How are collections and remixes different and why does it matter? This interactive session is intended for those who are familiar with the various open (Creative Commons) licenses, but would like to expand their understanding. Bring your questions and licensing challenges.
- Accessibility I
Monday, June 13, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Register for Accessibility I
Accessibility is not only a legal and ethical requirement, it is central to creating resources that are inclusive and support the education of all learners. In this webinar, we will provide an overview of the basic considerations for developing accessible content and cover topics such as the proper use of headers, lists, links, text considerations, and colors.
- Accessibility II
Wednesday, June 15, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Register for Accessibility II
This is the second webinar in a two-part series covering accessibility essentials. In this session, we will discuss how to approach complex images, the importance of alt text, captions and figure elements, and how to use tables. We will also walk through how to use the free WAVE web accessibility evaluation tool to assess the accessibility of a resource.
- Accessibility and the Student Experience
Thursday, June 16, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Register for Accessibility and the Student Experience
Setting aside the well-established legal requirement that all resources be accessible, why does accessibility matter? How does inaccessible content hinder student learning and how does accessible content improve the learning environment for all students? Join us to get a glimpse of the student experience and hear from a student regarding his accessibility challenges. Learn what we can all do to improve the student experience.
- Accessibility Q and A
Monday, June 20, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Register for Accessibility Q and A
Accessibility is not an exact science – just when you think you know what you’re doing, you run an accessibility check and you have no idea how to resolve your issue. Join Kim Saccio, the ASCCC OERI’s Accessibility Specialist, to get answers to your questions and help with your accessibility challenges.
- LibreTexts I – Introduction to LibreTexts
Tuesday, June 21, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Register for LibreTexts I – Introduction to LibreTexts
LibreTexts is a powerful platform for all things OER – publishing, printing, developing, “remixing”, interactive exercises, homework systems, and more. This webinar will introduce you to LibreTexts and its capabilities, providing an overview of the simplest use-case scenarios.
- LibreTexts II – Editing, Adding Images, and More
Wednesday, June 22, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Register for LibreTexts II – Editing, Adding Images, and More
This second webinar in our 3-part series on LibreTexts is a hands-on workshop where you will practice editing a page. We will demonstrate the elements of the content editor, how to add figures and images, and how to add content boxes. We will also discuss how to build a template page for consistency in your book design.
- LibreTexts III – Developing a Book and the Remixer
Thursday, June 23, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Register for LibreTexts III – Developing a Book and the Remixer
In this third webinar in our 3-part series on LibreTexts is a hands-on workshop where we will demonstrate a work plan for developing a book. We will begin with a discussion of how to create a textbook template map. Then, you will practice using the remixer to build the framework for a textbook.
- 2022 Cal OER Conference
August 3-5, 2022
On behalf of the Cal OER Organizing Committee, we invite you to save the date for the second annual Cal OER Conference, held virtually August 3 – 5, 2022. The event is open to everyone, so we hope you will attend and consider presenting. Review the 2021 Conference site. Selected presentations from the 2021 Cal OER are now available for viewing.
Cal OER will focus on OER efforts and impact, broadly defined, across the state of California and especially across the state’s three public higher education systems, the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California.
The call for proposals and registration are now open. The deadline to submit is June 6, 5:00 PDT.
2022 Cal OER Conference Registration
2022 Cal OER Conference: Presentation Proposal Submission Form
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.
- Math and OER: Latest Updates, Homework Systems, and What’s on the Horizon
- First-Year French – New Resource Showcase
- Online Homework Solutions to Facilitate OER Adoption in Chemistry
- Amplifying Student Voices
- World Cultures Collection: A Current OER Project
- Updates & Opportunities in Ethnic Studies & OER
- Accessibility and the Student Experience
- How Arguments Work: Inside an OER Text for Composition and Rhetoric
- OER in Computer Science – An Update
- DL Webinar: Update on Sociology OER Resources
- Inclusive or Exclusive? Examining “Inclusive Access” in the CCCs
- DL Webinar: OER Textbooks and Free Resources for Introduction to Philosophy (C-ID PHIL 100)
- DL Webinar: Using OER to Support Un-grading and Mastery Grading in Early Childhood Education Courses
- DL Webinar: Planning a History Course with OER
- Creating Accessible OER
- Licensing Level II
- DL Webinar: Introduction to OER for English
- DL Conversation: Developing Art and Art History OER
- Open Pedagogy
- Resolutions and You
- Beginner Series: Introduction to H5P
- What’s New in Spanish OER?
- Beginner Series: Introduction to MyOpenMath
- Beginner Series: LibreTexts Level I
- Beginner Series: OER Basics
- Student Surveys: Measuring the Impact of OER and ZTC
- Co-Creating OER – Advantages and Strategies
- OER and ZTC – 2022 Update
- RFP IV Focused Webinar III – Budget and Action Plan
- RFP IV – An Overview
- How to integrate OER Physics homework sets in Canvas
- RFP IV Focused Webinar II – Meaningful Collaboration
- Creating ZTC Transfer Degrees in Chemistry
- RFP IV Focused Webinar I – Making the Case
- Ethnic Studies and OER
- OER and Math — Sharing and Learning Session
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) – A Process for Reviewing and Improving Courses and Course Resources
- Using Virtual Environments to Teach Computer Science
- RFP IV – An Overview
- Building a Community of Like-Minded Historians
- Successes and Challenges in Developing or Adopting Business OER
- English Discipline OER Needs Assessment
- A Faculty Conversation on Sharing OER resources in Anthropology and Sociology
- Current Status of Administration of Justice OER and Future Directions
- OER and Psychology
- Survey of Available Introduction to Logic (C-ID PHIL110) and Symbolic Logic (C-ID PHIL 210) OER
- The State Center District OER Award Program: Using HEERF Dollars to Implement OER at Two Colleges Within the Same District
- Equity from the Start, Utilizing HEERF (Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds) for OER on your campus
- LibreTexts Remixer
- Saddleback College: Building Zero Textbook Cost Momentum Over 5 Years
- Remixing Spanish OER
- OER Basics for the Less Familiar
- OER for Administrators
- Implementing SB 1359 (Zero Textbook Cost icons)
- OER and the Hesitant – Testing the Waters
- Licensing and OER – How and Why
- OER and ZTC in the California Community Colleges – An Update
- LibreFest
- OER and Geography/Physical Sciences
- CDEV/ECE Hands-On Webinar
- OER and Biology
- OER for English and Literature
- The Blueprint for Counseling Success Conference
- Spanish, LibreTexts, and Adapt – Using OER to Customize Your Spanish Text and Integrate a Homework System
- LibGuides, Discovery Tools, and Websites: How to Make OER Discoverable
- OER and Child Development/Early Childhood Education
- OER and Economics
- OER and Spanish
- OER and English as a Second Language
- OER and History
- OER and English
- OER and Chemistry
- OER and Biotechnology
- OER and Communication Studies
- OER and Administration of Justice
- OER and Political Science
- OER and Math
- OER and Business
- OER and Hospitality Management
- OER and Physics
- OER and Sociology
- OER and Ethnic Studies/Social Justice Studies
- OER and Computer Science
- Clearing Up Confusion: OER, ZTC, and Fair Use
- New OER Resource Showcase
- I Found an OER Textbook—What Now? Editing, Curating, Re-Mixing, Printing, and Moving OER to Canvas
- OER and Philosophy
- ASCCC OERI Update
- When Open Meets Online
- OER and Anthropology
- I Found an OER Textbook—What Now?: Editing, Curating, Re-Mixing, Printing, and Moving OER to Canvas
- OER: Making the Equity Case
- Creating a Print Copy of Your OER Book for Others to Purchase
- Navigating Acronyms and Icons – Approaches to Marking No-Cost Sections
- Copyright, Fair Use, and Piracy. Where does OER Fit In?
- ASCCC Academic Academy Closing General Session
- OER – A Simple Solution in Complex Times
- New OER
- How to Find OER
- UDL 101
- How to Spark and Sustain an OER Movement
- Unintended Consequences and Opportunities: You, OER, and the Future Or How I Overcame My Commercial Text Addiction
- Teaching Art and Art History Online Using OER
- Teaching Math Online Using OER
- Teaching Physics Online Using MyOpenMath and other OER
- LibreTexts Training for OER Developers and Re-Mixers
- Copyright and Fair Use Mythbusters
- LibreTexts to Canvas – Supplementing and Re-Mixing Open Educational Resources
- Canvas Commons and Open Educational Resources (OER) Basics
- OER Licensing and Attributions
- Creating Accessible OER
- Student Success Research – OER in Biology
- Improving ECE and CD Instruction with Video Resources
- California Dreaming – Coordinating Statewide Efforts in the Golden State
- From Locally Developed ZTC Pathways to Statewide OER Degrees
- California Community Colleges – Local OER Efforts
- ASCCC OERI Resource Showcase
- CCC “Marking” of No-Cost Course Sections – An SB 1359 Update
- OERI Funded Projects Showcase
- The OERI 2020 RFP
- OER for Sociology
- Creative Commons, Copyright, and Fair Use – Why do we need OER?
- Sharing Your OER – From creating it to letting other people judge your baby
- Finding Body Parts – OER for Anatomy
- Finding OER – and Can you Create a Hybrid?
- Introduction to OER Advocacy – How to Stop Talking to Yourself
- OER/ZTC, Equity, and Beyond
- ZTC Vs OER Vs No-Cost
- OER Commons How-to
- LibreTexts How-to
- Curating and Publishing OER Resources – An In-Depth Look at Three Platforms
- OERI What’s Next
- Curating and Publishing OER Materials
- OER for Librarians – A Crash Course
- OER for Geography
- OER for Computer Science
- OER for Foreign Languages
- OER for Economics
- LibreTexts “Freeing” the Textbook
- OER for Anthropology
- Using MyOpenMath to Support the Implementation of AB 705 and Transfer-level Courses
- Determining Whether or Not an Online Resource is Accessible
- OER Basics II
- OER Basics I
- OER for Political Science
- The ASCCC OERI – An Overview
- Open Educational Resources for Communications Studies
- Open Educational Resources for Biology
- Open Educational Resources for College Success, Personal Growth, and Career Counseling
- Open Educational Resources for Early Childhood Education
- Open Educational Resources for English
- Open Educational Resources for Ready-To-Use Math and Homework Systems
- Open Educational Resources Basics II
- Open Educational Resources for Psychology
- Open Educational Resources Basics I