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…
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…
Michaela Willi Hooper, Research Consultant, shares resources and processes she uses to support complex statewide OER development projects. Read more…
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…
Learn about textbook affordability plans and drafts underway in Oregon! Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Chemeketa, Umpqua, and Linn-Benton Community Colleges will share how they implemented workflows to dramatically increase on-time adoption reporting. Read more…