Oregon Celebrates Open Education Week, March 2-6, 2026
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Author Archives: Amy Hofer
Archived Webinar: Making Accessible OER: Practical Strategies for Educators
Abbey Elder introduces Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, best practices for creating and adapting accessible OER, and tips for making sure that all your course materials are usable for all students on the first day of class. Read more…
Archived Webinar: Copyright for Complete Beginners
Join Copyright First Responders for an explanation of copyright and open licenses. We’ll assume that you have no prior knowledge and start from scratch. Bring your questions! Read more…
Accessible Google Slides
This post explains how to use slide layouts to make Google Slides accessible for screen reader software. Read more…
A Universal Design Approach to Links
This post shows how authors can practice universal design moves with their external links that will make their work more accessible to all students. Read more…
A Universal Design Approach to Figure Captions
This post shows how authors can practice universal design moves with their figure captions that will make their multimedia more accessible to all students. Read more…
A Universal Design Approach to Accessible Figures
This post shows how authors can practice universal design moves at the same time as they make their media more accessible to all students. Read more…
Open Curriculum Projects Launch in Oregon and Beyond
Open Oregon Educational Resources is delighted to share our openly licensed course materials with an equity lens in Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice, along with the newly launched Open Curriculum Development Model. Read more…
High-quality Curriculum Design with an Equity Lens
This post explains what we mean by “high-quality” and “equity lens,” and shows how we connect our criteria for success for textbooks and course development with equity-minded instructional design frameworks. Read more…
OER Grant Update: Layered Active Integration in Action for Math 105Z
This post was contributed by Larissa Shatalova, Lane Community College. This summer and fall, I’ve been piloting a new approach to teaching Math in Society (Math 105Z) that blends traditional instruction with carefully structured AI support. The method, called Layered Active Integration (LAI), was developed to complement the new edition of the Math in Society… Read More »