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 2025, the OERI’s twice monthly webinars (Friday Forums) will be held on the 1st and 3rd Friday starting in February.
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
- The Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) and the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degree Program
Friday, February 7, 2025 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am
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 us to discuss the OERI’s goals and plans – and to share your ideas and questions.
Register for The OERI and ZTC Degree Program - Love at First Byte: AI and OER’s Digital Romance, a Communication Studies Love Story
Thursday, February 13, 2025 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Discussing Open Educational Resources (OER) in the communication studies discipline needs to include conversations around how Artificial Intelligence is helping instructors and students, as well as creating barriers for success. This conversation will include some helpful strategies around open pedagogical techniques that instructors can utilize in their OER classrooms.
Register for Love at First Byte - ASCCC 2025 Academic Academy
Thursday to Saturday, February 20-22, 2025.
The ASCCC will be hosting the 2025 Academic Academy at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego February 20-22, 2025.
In 2020, the ASCCC Academic Academy focused on the impact of a global pandemic on distance education. In 2025, half a decade later, our focus turns to the impact of technological advances that have long been foreshadowed in popular culture. Big Brother is watching us – tempting us with advertisements tailored to our interests, presenting us with the news we favor, and guiding us to nearby restaurants. At the same time that various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) are striving to influence our actions and our choices, other forms of AI are improving our writing, assisting us in making travel plans, and helping us to be better teachers. The impact of AI on our lives is undeniable. How do we harness the power of AI to improve teaching and learning while being cognizant of its limitations? Join us to explore the limits and the potential of AI to transform education.
Register for the 2025 Academic Academy here - Mathematics and OER Office Hour – Spring 2025 Schedule
See dates below to sign up
The OERI is pleased to offer a series of Math OER office hours throughout the term. These office hours will serve as a questions and answers 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 Friday, February 21, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Thursday, March 6, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Thursday, March 17, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Tuesday, April 1, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Wednesday, April 16, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Tuesday, April 29, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Register for Math OER Office Hours on Wednesday, May 14, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm - Findings from the 2024 Open Educational Resources (OER) Liaison Survey
Friday, February 21, 2025 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Since its inception, the OERI has gathered data from local OER Liaisons on a yearly basis. While the focus of the survey has shifted over time, many of the questions have been repeated in order to track changes. Join us to explore what has and hasn’t changed – and to learn about the various ways OER and cost-transparency efforts are being implemented across the state.
Register for Findings from the 2024 OER Liaison Survey - Physics Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
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The OERI is pleased to offer a series of Physics Open Educational Resources (OER) office hours throughout the term. These office hours will be held on Fridays from 9:00 am – 10:00 am for the Spring 2025 semester. The space serves as a Q&A session where attendees bring in their Physics OER needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to MyOpenMath for STEM disciplines. Please see the registration links below.
Register for Physics OER Office Hours on Friday, February 28, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Register for Physics OER Office Hours in March
Register for Physics OER Office Hours in April
Register for Physics OER Office Hours in May - Open Educational Resources (OER) for Introduction to Business
Friday, February 28, 2025 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Introduction to Business (C-ID BUS 110) is a course commonly taught at California community colleges and well-served by adoptable OER. This webinar will showcase the features, benefits, and usability of a commonly used OER for this course. In addition to discussing the key topics covered in this OER and demonstrating its interactive tools and content structure, tips will be shared for integrating it into teaching.
Register for Open Educational Resources (OER) for Introduction to Business - Biotechnology: Needs and Un-Needs
Friday, March 7, 2025 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Join us in this conversation to review the available Open Educational Resources (OER) for biotechnology and identify what is presently missing. We will try to coalesce around a small set of needed material.
Register for Biotechnology: Needs and Un-Needs
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.