OER Champion Awards
Open Oregon Educational Resources recognizes OER champions who have done outstanding open education work in Oregon’s community colleges. Congratulations champions! Read more…
Author Archives: Amy Hofer
Open Textbook Workshop Report #2
19 Open Textbook Workshops at 9 colleges last fall and spring resulted in an estimated $441,600 in student savings. Read more…
Archived webinar: Effectively encouraging the use of OER on your campus
Nicole Finkbeiner of Rice University’s OpenStax presents effective strategies that encourage faculty to adopt, adapt, and create OER while protecting academic freedom. Read more…
Attribution Statements for Remixed OER Content
This guide will help you attribute remixed materials following attribution standards established by Creative Commons, while maintaining readability and usability for your students. Read more…
Lane Campus Report
Lane hired a new OER librarian, who estimates that students will potentially save up to $273,063 for Winter 2017 through use of OER. Read more…
Grant Project Update: PCC face-to-face Statistics courses adopt OER text
Ralf Youtz and the Portland Community College math department are saving students thousands of dollars by adopting an open textbook for statistics courses. Read more…
Out-of-this-world OER Marketing Campaign
Lane Community College has released OER marketing materials designed by Victoria Koldewyn. The files have a CC-BY-NC license so feel free to reuse and adapt with your own school’s logo.
Is the average cost of a textbook $100?
Many institutions rely on an estimate of $100 per student, per course when calculating savings that result from OER adoptions. This post explains why that is a fair estimate. Read more…
Archived webinar: Open Pedagogy
Learn what open pedagogy is and consider how to sustainably incorporate it into your course. Read more…
Archived webinar: Open Practices
Find and use open content so that you can put an open license on work that you create and share it widely. Read more…