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Open Oregon Presentation in CCCOER Webinar
On February 10, Open Oregon presented at a CCCOER webinar along with Regina Gong, Manager of Library Technical Services and Systems, Lansing Community College. This presentation covers what’s been happening at Oregon’s community colleges over the past year of having an OER coordinator, along with a look ahead to 2016. Read more…
Call for Proposals: Open Educational Resources Grants
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…
Open Oregon Participates in Open Textbook Institute
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 Calls on White House to Open Up Access to Federally Funded Educational Resources
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…
Oregon State University Infographics
Oregon State University created infographics from the data collected in a 2012 survey of Florida students. These graphics have a CC BY-NC license so feel free to reuse and adapt with your own school’s logo. Read more…
Spring Workshop Archives Available
OpenOregon.org hosted three OER workshops for librarians this spring and the archives are now available. Read more…
Open Education Manifesto
Lane Community College has released an Open Education Manifesto poster designed by Graphic Design student Char Houweling. The poster has a CC-BY-NC license so feel free to reuse and adapt with your own school’s logo.
Getting started with OER: Faculty stories
Christie Fierro describes her conversion to OER as the result of an “educational emergency.” That got me thinking that the impact of my being mentored by someone who thought about student costs has saved nearly $16,000 for my students over 8 years. I asked around for more stories from other Oregon community college faculty. Read more…
OER email group launches!
Join the Open Oregon Google Group to share news, questions, and lessons learned about OER implementation. Read more…