Minimizing Barriers Through Open Practices

By Kaela Parks, Director, Disability Services, Portland Community College I was intrigued when I saw that a webinar was being offered on “How OER can support student equity, diversity, and inclusion.” I am drawn to open education for a variety of reasons. Some are pragmatic, some are philosophical, but all have to do with equity, […]

CCCOER on January 24, 2018

Gaps in Open and No-Cost Adoptions

By Vera Kennedy, Sociology Faculty, West Hills College Lemoore “Free textbook?” Yes, this is why I adopted OER. I wanted to help students save money. However, I soon realized OER might be a barrier to learning. When my colleagues and I decided to adopt an OER text in our introductory courses, we followed the same […]

CCCOER on January 5, 2018

Overview of EDI and Open Education

by Quill West, Open Ed Project Manager, Pierce College District, and CCCOER President This is Scary I volunteered to be the person to write the overview blog post because I want to engage this community on this topic. However, this is probably the piece of writing that has terrified me the most in the past […]

CCCOER on October 9, 2017