Kristin Whitman, Library Director, Portland-Metro Campus, at Oregon Institute of Technology, completed her capstone project for the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program. Read more…
Courses with the no-cost and low-cost designation in the schedule at 20 institutions are estimated to have saved 900,000 students (by headcount) in 50,000 course sections $70 million in two academic years. Read more…
Are you an instructor who is concerned about the impact of high textbook costs on your students? Students are already facing new hardships due to illness and unemployment. This is the right time to make changes to your course materials that enable students to manage their budgets. Open Educational Resources (OER) Openly licensed course materials… Read More »
Join Elsa Loftis, Copyright First Responder, for an explanation of copyright and open licenses. We’ll assume that you have no prior knowledge and start from scratch. Read more…
It takes a lot of momentum to get your OER publishing program up and running… but what happens next? This panel explores the challenges of OER maintenance from a variety of perspectives. Read more…
On April 28, 2023, Oregon hosted a Statewide OER Symposium. Session materials are available! Read more…
Open Oregon Educational Resources recognizes OER champions who have done outstanding open education work in Oregon’s community colleges and universities. Congratulations champions! Read more…
Are you an instructor who is concerned about the impact of high textbook costs on your students? Attend the Virtual OER Review Workshop and learn more about OER in your field. After the workshop, you’ll receive a stipend if you write a short review of an OER. Read more…
What is institutional debt, and how does it shape the institutions we work in? How does it affect the educational experiences that instructors and academic staff offer, and that students experience? Read more…
In this 90 minute session, Mays Imad draws on the neurobiology of learning to examine the intimate relationship between equity, radical hospitality, and trauma-informed education. Read more…