Call for Proposals: Community College Oregon Transfer Compass Grants
Open Oregon Educational Resources seeks grant proposals from community college instructors in Oregon Transfer Compass courses. Application deadline is November 9, 2018. Read more…
Author Archives: Amy Hofer
Archived Webinar: Estimating student savings from no-cost/low-cost course materials
This presentation shared tracking methods and spreadsheet templates for estimating student savings data as a result of your textbook affordability program. Read more…
Grant Project Update: Math Review Resources
Steve Simonds discusses the accessible math review site he is building at Portland Community College. Read more…
2018-19 OER Grants Awarded
The 2018-19 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants were awarded on June 1. Congratulations to our grantees! Read more…
New tool: OER FAQ
A team of Oregon librarians has developed an OER FAQ website that is linked from the menu bar of openoregon.org (look up!). Read more…
Revised for 2018: Textbook Affordability Student Toolkit
Download materials that student groups can use to promote textbook affordability on campus. Read more…
Grant Project Update: ENVS 171 at Oregon Coast Community College
Matthew R. Fisher discusses his work to adapt a open textbook for environmental science at Oregon Coast Community College. His recently published research finds that students saved money and liked the book, while he enjoyed the ability to customize. Read more…
Evaluating Oregon’s Open Educational Resources Designation Requirement
No-cost/low-cost schedule designations are an important way for students to make informed choices at the point of registration. Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission requested a research report evaluating the effectiveness of different implementations at Oregon’s colleges and universities, as required by HB 2871, passed in 2015. The report was completed in June 2018 by Brooke Freed, Amber Friedman, Sarah… Read More: Evaluating Oregon’s Open Educational Resources Designation Requirement »
Archived Webinar: Conference and Campus Report
Join representatives from two of Oregon’s community colleges for a report on a national conference and a campus update. Read more…
Archived Virtual Conference: Open Practices for PNW Librarians
Pacific Northwest librarians to share concrete, implementable ideas about how to incorporate open practices into all aspects of library work. Read more…