Advice: Strategic planning teams
Now that HB 2213 passed, each institution needs to come up with a strategic plan for textbook affordability. The issue at our college is, how do you assemble a team that will buy into the planning process? Read more…
Author Archives: Amy Hofer
Grant project update: Body Physics Adds H5P Activities
Mick’s current project adds “early and often” feedback to Body Physics by using H5P to create and embed interactive reinforcement questions directly into the text. Read more…
Archived Webinar: PressbooksEDU Live Demo
Learn about Pressbooks’ educational features for OER creation and adaptation, and consortial Pressbooks offerings. Read more…
Four years and falling: Impact of statewide funding for textbook affordability
Over the four years that Oregon has invested statewide funding in textbook affordability, our community colleges have succeeded in reducing the cost of course materials for transfer degrees. Read more…
Grant project update: Student Nursing Curriculum Review
25 Portland Community College nursing students gathered to kick off a year-long curriculum review by students, in order to lower the cost of required course materials in the program. Read more…
Grant Project Update: A Different Road to College adapted at Chemeketa
A Different Road to College by Alise Lamoreaux, Lane Community College, has been adapted into a Chemeketa Community College Edition by Grecia E. García Pérez and Ashley C. Duran-Fajardo. Read more…
Oregonians at Open Ed 19
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2019 Open Education Conference. Read more…
Grant project update: Writing for Robo-Graders
Understanding the different expectations of artificial intelligence grading can be important to overall student success and placement into college courses. Read more…
The Future of Learning Materials
This post responds to a controversy that began when the Open Education Conference invited commercial publisher representatives to join a keynote panel on the future of learning materials. Read more…
2019-21 OER Grants Awarded
The 2019-21 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded. Congratulations to our new cohort of grantees! Read more…