After two years of running Equity and Open Education Cohorts for faculty, Open Oregon Educational Resources received lots of feedback from teaching and learning support staff who were interested in a similar professional development opportunity – so we added this opportunity! The goal of the statewide 2-part Equity and Open Education Teaching & Learning Support Cohort is to facilitate connections between use of open educational resources/practices and equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations in the curriculum, including culturally responsive teaching, universal design for learning, and open pedagogy.
Participants will earn a $200 stipend upon completion of “Part 1 – Explore” and will have the option to earn an additional $300 stipend in “Part 2 – Implement.”
**To indicate interest in participating, please submit a registration form by Monday, February 3, 2025.**
In Part 1 of the cohort (4 weeks: Monday, February 24 through Friday, March 21, 2025), we explore these topics in the context of how we can improve professional practices to serve students more equitably:
- OER & Copyright Basics
- Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Universal Design
- Open Pedagogy
Participants then have an opportunity to implement some of these approaches in Part 2 of the cohort (5 weeks to accommodate spring break: Monday, March 24 through Friday, April 18, 2025).
Instructors from Oregon’s public community colleges and universities are invited to register. Submitting a registration form does not guarantee your place in the cohort. If we have more registrants than available seats (enrollment maximum 60), we will take into consideration:
- Availability for 90-minute weekly mini-group discussion
- Representation from all 24 colleges/universities
The Equity and Open Education Teaching & Learning Support Cohort was developed by Portland Community College faculty librarian Jen Klaudinyi. It is based on the Equity and Open Education Faculty Cohort model that Jen previously developed. Review a previous course site to browse the course content and read participant takeaways to see what faculty participants thought about the course.
