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…
Author Archives: Amy Hofer
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: OER Grant Update: Layered Active Integration in Action for Math… »
Oregonians at Open Ed 25
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2025 Open Education Conference. Read more…
Strong Design, Strong Outcomes: Instructional Design Support Makes a Difference
Our key finding regarding student outcomes is that students benefit from affordable, high-quality course materials implemented with the support of an instructional designer. Read more…
More Bang for No Bucks: Students Save Big with Federal Grant Courses
Our key finding regarding student savings is that we almost doubled our projected student savings estimate! Read more…
2025-27 OER Grants Awarded
The 2025-27 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded. Congratulations to our new cohort of grantees! Read more…
Archived Webinar: Early Career Educators Use of OER in High School Language Classes
This presentation explores two high school teachers’ experiences with creating and sharing OER, the challenges they’ve faced, and what they wished they learned as pre-service teachers. Read more…