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Open Education Texas: Policy, Practice, & Potential

by Judith Sebesta, Ph.D., Executive Director, Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas On August 7-8, 2019, the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas hosted Open Education Texas: Policy, Practice & Potential. We welcomed over 160 attendees, a majority of whom represented Texas community colleges, to this statewide convening. Statewide Landscape Analysis The foundation for the event […]

Una Daly on August 26, 2019

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Colorado OER Summit

by Brittany Dudek, Library Coordinator, Colorado Community Colleges Online, Colorado Community College System On May 31, 2019, the Colorado Department of Higher Education and the Colorado OER Council hosted the inaugural Statewide Colorado OER Conference to explore best practices in adoption and adaptation. A pre-conference training by Open Textbook Network preceded this event, attended by OER campus champions from […]

Nikki Stubbs on August 8, 2019

2019 FLVC OER Summit

The 2019 Florida Virtual Campus’ (FLVC) OER Summit took place this year on February 27th & 28th just outside of Orlando in Maitland, Florida. The conference as a whole featured two full days packed with amazing keynote speakers and breakout sessions which fulfilled every type of OER question one may have had. Breakout sessions focused […]

Nikki Stubbs on May 3, 2019

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Change Leadership: Open Education and Institutional Change

This blog posting is based on an article by Quill West, CCCOER Executive Council President and presentations from Cindy Domaika, Nicolet College and Michael Mills, CCCOER Executive Council Member at our Fall 2018 New Members’ Mixer. We thank them for sharing their expertise on Open Education Leadership at their institutions. Image: pixabay.com For many institutions, […]

Una Daly on January 2, 2019

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#OpenEd18 Reflections & Slides from CCCOER

With over 350 presentations, posters, roundtables, lightning talks, panels, and symposia, this year’s OpenEd Conference in Niagara Falls, New York was the largest one yet! The conference took place on October 10-12, and like always CCCOER members were well represented. On Thursday afternoon, CCCOER held a get-together and handed out Community Recognition Awards in order […]

CCCOER on November 7, 2018

OpenEd18: Community Recognition Awards

Last week, many of us were fortunate enough to attend #OpenEd18, a wonderful celebration of the work of the open education movement with representatives from all K-20 levels this year. I had an opportunity to see and hear many inspiring presentations and keynotes and learned a great deal that I hope to put into practice this […]

Una Daly on October 22, 2018

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OER Best Practices to Scale Up

A recent discussion transpired on the CCCOER community email group surrounding best practices for scaling up OER projects. Because this question comes up frequently for CCCOER members, we wanted to summarize that discussion to share via the blog. The original question came from Jan Jarrell, a faculty member at San Diego City College: Our administration […]

Kiri Dali on February 20, 2018

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ZTC Degree Leadership Summit at College of Canyons

Over 60 educators involved in creating Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) pathways in the California Community Colleges met recently to deepen their knowledge and share lessons learned. The 1.5 day Leadership Summit was hosted by College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California. Key topics included creating stakeholder buy-in on campus, measuring successful ZTC degree programs, […]

Una Daly on January 23, 2018

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Spring 2018 Webinar Series

All webinars will take place on Wednesdays at (11 am PT/ 2pm ET). Spring semester is traditionally a time for more advanced topics. Among other topics, we will explore why open educational practices and their effects on learning outcomes can help sustain your OER initiatives beyond the initial cost savings, the importance of student collaboration and […]

Una Daly on January 23, 2018

Announcements, Guest Blogs, Open Ed Updates & News

#OpenEd17 Reflections & Slides from CCCOER

The Open Education Conference 2017 took place in mid-October in Anaheim, California, with hundreds of attendees from around the globe. Presentations covered a variety of open education topics and included many presentations from CCCOER members. This year CCCOER was able to host a breakfast gathering for members on the first day of the conference. […]

Kiri Dali on November 22, 2017