What is institutional debt, and how does it shape the institutions we work in? How does it affect the educational experiences that instructors and academic staff offer, and that students experience? Read more…
In this 90 minute session, Mays Imad draws on the neurobiology of learning to examine the intimate relationship between equity, radical hospitality, and trauma-informed education. Read more…
Oregon’s House Committee On Higher Education held a public hearing yesterday on a bill that would increase funding for Open Oregon Educational Resources. Read more…
Oregon college and university representatives attended 2023 NW Regional Equity Conference. Read more…
Equity and Open Education Faculty Cohort Model designed by Jen Klaudinyi at Portland Community College and offered statewide in Oregon is helping faculty make high-impact changes in their teaching practices. Read more…
This post is about a group that gathers monthly over Zoom to share stories, swap design strategies, and discuss open educational practices. Read more…
Jen Klaudinyi, Library Faculty at Portland Community College, facilitates a panel of Oregon instructors who have adopted open educational practices with an equity lens. Read more…
The 2021-23 and 2022-23 OER grant cohorts have saved over 7200 students an estimated $1M since July 2021. The cohort represents 48 different projects to adopt, adapt, and create OER for courses at 27 institutions. Read more…
Over 70 instructors from 15 different institutions are collaborating with Open Oregon Educational Resources to develop and pilot 12 new open textbooks for Human Development & Family Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice. Read more…
Are you interested in exploring OER for your course, but don’t know where to start? Join Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Iowa State University, for an introduction. Read more…