Open Oregon seeks grant proposals that implement high-impact, collaborative projects in support of open education and reduced textbook costs for students. Proposals are invited in four categories and completed application forms are due Friday, January 29, 2016. Read more…
Are you ready to revise and remix, but uncertain about tools and techniques? COCC librarian Michele DeSilva covers platforms, accessibility, and attribution. Read more…
The 2015 OER Grant Cohort has been hard at work and making excellent progress on their projects. Read more…
The practice of adopting inaccessible, expensive curricular materials is bad for our students, and especially bad for our students with disabilities. We need to ensure access to our programs a whole rather than relying on the individual accommodation process and we can do this in partnership with the open education movement. Read more…
The psychology department at Chemeketa knew that textbook prices had increased to the point where it was unsustainable for students to purchase them. This post explores how we stand to save students over half a million dollars per year by switching to NOBA’s open textbook. Read more…
When we talk about the cost of textbooks at Oregon’s community colleges, how much money are we really talking about? Open Oregon is using a standard methodology to conduct research for all 17 of Oregon’s community colleges in order to establish a baseline that we can measure future progress against. Read more…
Open Oregon joins leaders representing over 75 institutions from across the country at the first meeting of the Open Textbook Network (OTN), hosted by the University of Minnesota. Read more…
Open Oregon joined a broad coalition calling on the White House to take administrative action ensuring that federally funded educational materials are made available as Open Educational Resources (OER) that are free to use, share, and improve. Read more…
Chemeketa Community College is taking a multi-pronged approach to textbook affordability that reflects years of planning, creating infrastructure, and collaboration. Chemeketa Press will help faculty publish affordable textbooks for their courses. The Library’s Digital Assets Program developed a repository for instructional content. Read more…
The 2015 Open Educational Resources Special Project Grants have been awarded. Taken together, the projects represent collaborations with 13 different institutions that have the potential to save thousands of Oregon students an estimated $227,175.26 to $386,921.50 per year. Read more…