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…
Author Archives: Amy Hofer
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…
Grant Project Updates: ORTESOL presentations
Open Oregon Educational Resources grantees presented at the 2022 Oregon Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference. Read more…
Fall 2022 OER Grant Update
The 2022-23 Open Oregon Educational Resources grants have been awarded, and the 2021-23 OER grant cohort has saved over $500,000 and shared their work. Congratulations to all of our OER grantees! Read more…
The OER Movement Needs a Change
Dylan DeLoe, Library and Learning Support Assistant, Blue Mountain Community College, shares ideas about how the OER movement can advance beyond its foundational ideas in order to achieve its foundational principles. Read more…
Grant project update: Teach in Spanglish
An OER grant team has published a website and presented at two conferences on their project, Teach in Spanglish. Read more…
Fall 2022 Virtual OER Review Workshops
Are you an instructor who is concerned about the impact of high textbook costs on your students? Attend the Virtual OER Review Workshop and learn more about OER in your field. After the workshop, you’ll receive a stipend if you write a short review of an OER. Read more…
Two Year Followup: Course material costs for four-year degrees at Oregon’s universities
When we talk about the cost of textbooks at Oregon’s universities, how much money are we really talking about? Read more…