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The Implementation of OFAR Antiracism Action Plans

By Maritez Apigo – Open Educational Resources (OER) Coordinator, Distance Education Coordinator, and English Professor at Contra Costa College A highlight of my work this spring as the Open for Antiracism (OFAR) Lead Advisory Coach is encouraging the seven other Advisory Coaches who are providing direct peer support to faculty at their assigned California community […]

CCCOER on April 21, 2023

College of Southern Nevada and OpenStax: OER Academic Innovation and Technology Summit

By: Gracie McDonough, Reference and Instruction Librarian at the College of Southern Nevada, Vice President of Communications for CCCOER On Wednesday, March 1st, OpenStax held its Academic Innovation and Technology Summit at the College of Southern Nevada. CSN has been an institutional partner of OpenStax for two consecutive years and was chosen as the site […]

Gracie mcdonough on March 30, 2023

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Florida’s Open and Affordable Initiatives Turn Sweet Sixteen

Greetings from Florida! Over the past fifteen years, Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) has strengthened open and affordable textbook usage and understanding via initiatives and programs in our state. We are excited to share some of our recent and upcoming activities with you.

CCCOER on January 12, 2023

Thank You & Happy Holidays!

Thank you for supporting CCCOER at Open Education Global as we work together to make higher education a more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and antiracist system. This year, we welcomed 19 new member institutions, many from Texas, resulting in a stronger and more diverse community of practice. 2022 has been a year of transition as the […]

CCCOER on December 21, 2022

CCCOER Welcomes Three New Members

CCCOER has recently gained three new members: Collin College in Texas, Bevill State Community College in Alabama, and Conestoga College, Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, in Ontario, Canada. We welcome them to CCCOER and are excited to learn more about their open education initiatives and to share our community expertise and knowledge with them. […]

Gracie mcdonough on November 9, 2022

OFAR Year Three Kicks Off

By Maritez Apigo – Distance Education Coordinator, Open Educational Resources (OER) Coordinator, and English Professor at Contra Costa College My increasing involvement in the Open for Antiracism (OFAR) program parallels my growing passion and leadership in supporting faculty’s journey to becoming antiracist educators and integrating Open Educational Resources (OER) and open pedagogy. In year one […]

CCCOER on October 19, 2022

2022 Fall Webinar Series

2022 webinars have ended – we will be announcing Spring webinars in January. Webinars are Wednesdays at noon PT/ 3 pm ET except where otherwise indicated This series is free and open to the open education community and we encourage you to invite your colleagues to attend or better yet watch together and continue the […]

CCCOER on August 25, 2022

Colorado Open Education 2022 Updates

Colorado’s collective impact approach and stakeholder-driven model have created an opportunity for impacting students, educators, and institutions across the state. This blog covers the status of the Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative as of May 2022, including new leadership, OER grantees, and an in-person conference.

CCCOER on June 13, 2022

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Sustainable OER: A Panel Discussion

Leverage your strengths. Does anyone else have OER champions on their campus? I became an OER champion on my campus in part because I threw my textbook into the circular file and refused to use anything but OER. Sure, if the funds are there, as a faculty member I am going to take advantage of them and develop much more deeply than I might otherwise choose, but if the funds aren’t there, it won’t be enough to stop me. I have a photo on my wall of a student who spent $700 on a single semester's worth of textbooks and I was fully a part of that problem. Champions, mentors, pioneers, if you can leverage your human resources and invite the faculty to move at a pace that they are comfortable with, it becomes just another part of preparing for the next semester. When you can make it so commonplace to move single chapters, sections, parts to OER, when you can make it the norm, when a champion's passion becomes contagious, as long as you have the support structure in place, that stone is rolling downhill.

CCCOER on May 16, 2022

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Wisconsin Technical Colleges: Making Wisconsin Open

Colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) have made tremendous strides toward student affordability over the past few years, attributed to enthusiastic open education leaders and faculty. From zero-cost textbook degrees to professional development to system-wide grants and collaboration – they have been busy! While WTCS is considered a statewide system, each college is […]

CCCOER on April 18, 2022