This series has ended. new webinars will be announced in 2025
This series is free and open to everyone in the open education community.
More information about the speakers will be posted a couple of weeks prior to the webinar on our homepage as well as sent to the CCCOER Community email list and shared on Open Education Global’s LinkedIn page.
All webinars are recorded. If you can not join us live, we will update this page with a link to the slides and recording after each webinar. Webinar archives are also available at https://www.cccoer.org/webinar/.
Faculty for OER: An Interactive Panel Discussion
September 11, 2024
Higher education is increasingly busy, and faculty often work with minimal resources and support. In this webinar, you’ll hear from three faculty members who decided to get involved in open education in spite of these constraints. Panelists will share their experiences adopting, adapting, and creating Open Educational Resources (OER). This moderated panel discussion will be interactive, with opportunities to ask questions and learn from beginners to experts in OER development.
California’s Big Bet on ZTCs
October 16, 2024
In 2021, California made the largest public investment in history in OER and Zero Textbook Cost degrees with a $115M grant program. Beginning in 2022, all California Community Colleges received funds to develop and implement ZTC pathways. As of 2024, colleges are developing hundreds of ZTC pathways to transform the student experience in the country’s largest system of higher education. What constitutes a ZTC pathway in California? How do 116 colleges prevent duplication of effort? What professional development is provided? In this session, hear from someone who is supporting colleges in this historic work.
Open Education and Indigenous Knowledge
November 20, 2024
Open education (OE) discussions often revolve around copyright and intellectual property concepts rooted in European traditions, which can conflict with Indigenous knowledge systems. This webinar emphasizes Indigenous ways of knowing, cultural practices, lived experiences, and worldviews in the context of OE.
Exploring OER Use in Illinois: Equity Questions and Opportunities
December 11, 2024
Expanding on an initial environmental scan, the Office of Community College Research and Leadership drew on librarian voices to better understand broad OER use and its potential as an equity initiative. In this webinar, Senior Research Assistant Nina Owolabi and Research Assistant Aidana Sirgebayeva will share findings from this study.
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