Faculty and College OER Adoption Stories _ Jan 2019
Hear stories from several instructors about their motivation to adopt OER and what they learned from the process. Faculty will share the supports that they received from their colleges and what supports might still be missing. Surveys with students and how their teaching practice changed with OER will also be explored.
Open Education Week – Faculty Dialogues _ March 2019
To celebrate Open Education Week, CCCOER will hold five 45-minute webinars, one per day, where faculty in a specific discipline will discuss the intricacies of teaching OER in that subject and invite audience questions. Disciplines and speakers will be announced in February. Please invite your faculty to join these dialogues.
Open for Antiracism: Leveraging Open Education to Support Antiracism in the Classroom _ March 2024
In this 45-minute panel discussion, we address the question: “How can the open education field engage effectively with antiracist pedagogy?” The Open for Antiracism Program (OFAR) provides an example. OFAR supports US community college faculty to transform their classrooms to be antiracist through the affordances of OER and open pedagogy. Now in its fourth year, OFAR has supported 150 instructors from 40 institutions to learn to adapt and author OER, integrating antiracist activities and perspectives and co-creating materials with their students.
Funding to Support OER Development with an Equity lens _ Sept 2023
As the use of OER increases across higher education, open education-related grants and funding opportunities have also increased. This webinar will highlight federally-funded open education projects in California, Massachusetts, and Oregon which were designed to further equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) efforts across higher education institutions. Come join us to learn about project motivation, processes and rubrics developed, lessons learned, outcomes, and more.
In this session, we will explore the powerful combination of Open Educational Resources (OER) and inclusive pedagogical practices, with an emphasis on promoting equity, embracing diversity, and implementing Universal Design for Learning. Our expert presenters will guide you through best practices, practical strategies, and valuable resources to ensure your OER course materials are accessible, engaging, and meaningful for all learners.
Intersection of EDI and Open _ Nov 2021
How do the goals and issues of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion intersect with Open Education? We will explore how these impact each other and how we might improve our efforts in each to enhance the other.
Decolonizing the Course _ Sept 2020
We’re starting the academic year with a critical discussion that so many educators are struggling with right now. How can we use OER to advance inclusion, address systemic racism, and give a voice to the life experiences of underrepresented people?
Join us for this webinar to find out about emerging practices for transforming your instructional materials and practices featuring a librarian, an instructional coach, and a faculty member. Topics range from sourcing images to reflect your students’ culture and identity, reforming your syllabus towards inclusion, and converting your classes to include viewpoints that reflect varied cultural and gendered identities.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in OER _ Oct 2019
The OER movement is deeply rooted in ensuring equitable access to information; but there is more we can do to help increase equity, diversity, and inclusion in our resources. Join us for this webinar to learn about the ways in which colleges can consider issues of equity when designing and delivering OER courses and degree programs.
Transforming Learning with Open Educational Practices and Pedagogy _ Nov 2018
Open educational practices enable new ways for students to learn and create knowledge. We will hear from several pioneering OER faculty who utilize open educational practices and pedagogy to enhance student engagement and knowledge as they blur the boundary between instructor and student in collaboratively building the commons.
AI & OER: Redefining Education? _April 10, 2024
Embark on a journey with us as we unravel the intriguing synergy between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER). Can these two powerful forces not only coexist but flourish harmoniously? Will generative AI redefine the educational landscape? How might it elevate innovation and amplify the accessibility of OER? These questions and more will be illuminated in a discussion that invites your thoughts and inquiries on the impact on content creation, adaptation, and personalization within the expansive realm of OER.
