Archived webinar: The Revolution of Higher Education
Join PSU students Kassidy Fegles-Jones and Elizabeth Braatz for an overview of their takeaways from the summer Regional Leaders of Open Education conference. Read more…
Category Archives: Policy
Updates on the Future for 2023
Peeking around the corner into 2023, the barriers preventing faculty from more widespread adoption of OER are the usual ones: time and money. Beyond these obvious constraints, though, here are four big challenges we’re thinking about right now. 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…
Supporting Cross-Institutional OER Teams in Open Practices and Learning Outcomes Alignment
Michaela Willi Hooper, Research Consultant, shares resources and processes she uses to support complex statewide OER development projects. Read more…
Archived webinar: Oregon Textbook Affordability Policy Update
Get an update on Oregon’s textbook affordability policies as of March 3, 2021, and celebrate the winning entry in the student badge design competition. Read more…
Archived webinar: Textbook Affordability Plan Examples: Drafted and Completed Plans for Oregon’s HB 2213
Learn about textbook affordability plans and drafts underway in Oregon! Read more…
Making the Case for Open Education, Part 3
Current events make the need for open education greater than ever, but there are fewer resources available to support this work. Part 3 of 3 looks at balancing two claims – not too big, not too small – to shift the conversation about open education. Read more…
Making the Case for Open Education, Part 2
Current events make the need for open education greater than ever, but there are fewer resources available to support this work. Part 2 of 3 looks at causal loop diagrams to shift the conversation about open education. Read more…
Making the Case for Open Education, Part 1
Current events make the need for open education greater than ever, but there are fewer resources available to support this work. Part 1 of 3 looks at adding more information to the frame to shift the conversation about open education. Read more…
Legislative Update: HB 2871 and HB 2213
HB 2871, passed in 2015, requires Oregon’s public community colleges and universities to add no-cost/low-cost designations to their course schedules. HB 2213, passed in 2019, requires Oregon’s public community colleges and universities to develop textbook affordability plans. Read more…