OER: Now with cats!
Liz Teoli, Research & Instruction Librarian at Umpqua Community College, shares openly licensed comics she created for a 3-credit Library & Internet Research course. Read more…
Author Archives: Amy Hofer
Archived webinar: Awesome Attributions and Lovely Licensing Statements: How OER Practitioners Can Use Creative Commons Licenses With Style and Substance
A little general knowledge of the legalities will help OER practitioners easily use Creative Commons licenses when and where needed, with confidence and competence. Learn more…
Oregon EMS Lab Manual Grant Recipients Present at EMS World
Two members of an OER grant team presented their research findings on racial and ethnic disparities in the imagery used in emergency medical technician (EMT) textbooks. Read more…
Collecting local data to advocate for Oregon State students
Oregon State University surveyed students and found that 61% of the respondents do not purchase their textbooks because of cost. Read more…
Oregon adaptation of Matrix for OER in Tenure and Promotion
The OER work being done by our faculty needs to be recognized if faculty are going to continue to make the effort to create and adopt OER. Learn about frameworks and resources for include OER in promotion and tenure documents. Read more…
Archived webinar: Copyright for Complete Beginners
Join Kael Moffat, Copyright First Responder, for an explanation of copyright and open licenses. We’ll assume that you have no prior knowledge and start from scratch. Read more…
Archived webinar: Copyright creepies: Trolls, tribunals, and tricky myths
Open Oregon Educational Resources partnered with Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest to offer this Halloween special! Read more…
Oregonians at Open Ed 22
Oregon college and university representatives attended and presented at the 2022 Open Education Conference. Read more…
Portland State Faculty Adopt OER to Save Students Money
At Portland State University, three faculty will save 1,020 students $155,650 this academic year via a donor-funded grant initiative. Read more…
Your Discomfort Is Valid: Big Feelings and Open Pedagogy
This post summarizes an article by Liz Pearce, Silvia Lin Hanick, Amy Hofer, Lori Townsend, and Michaela Willi Hooper about the affective dimensions of open pedagogy. It includes a visual model showing how open educators can raise or lower the stakes of an open pedagogy assignment. Read more…