Open Education Week: March 9-13, 2015

Oregon community colleges are celebrating Open Education Week with events across the state:

• Blue Mountain Community College is hosting Cable Green of Creative Commons for a keynote on March 12, followed by a full-day OER conference on March 13.
• Central Oregon Community College is featuring Open Education Week on their COCC Teaching Commons calendar.
• Portland Community College is offering OER workshops on all four campuses.

Here are a few national and international highlights, all hosted online:

Sustainability Strategies For Open Educational Resources
Monday, March 9, 12pm
This webinar will explore sustainability strategies for making OER an ongoing integrated part of education. A business model approach to sustainability will also be outlined.

The Battle for Open
Tuesday, March 10, 11am
Open approaches in education have started to move into the mainstream, with the success of open access, MOOCs, and open scholarship approaches. After this initial success comes the period when the real direction of openness is determined.

Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Program
Wednesday, March 11, 10am
A Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree initiative will be featured in this webinar along with programs at two colleges which are already implementing whole degree programs that feature courses using exclusively OER-based materials.

Can I actually use it? Testing open textbooks for accessibility
Wednesday, March 11, 11am
BCcampus is sponsoring a week of Open Education Open Webinars focusing on different aspects of open education. These webinars will be 30 minutes long and are open to anyone who wishes to participate.

Institutional Library Support
Thursday, March 12, 11am
BCcampus is sponsoring a week of Open Education Open Webinars focusing on different aspects of open education. These webinars will be 30 minutes long and are open to anyone who wishes to participate.