Finding Inspiration in OER

Bridget Raymundo, (she/he/zie) is one of seven student mentors in the Regional Leaders of Open Education (RLOE) Network program. Prior to that, she worked with the Open Education Resources initiative at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) as a Student Advocate and Representative Intern. She graduated in May 2022 from SLCC and is continuing her educational […]

CCCOER on July 29, 2022

OER Course Marking – Useful for Everyone

Andrew Raisbeck Student OER Ambassador, Public Information Subcommittee,Middlesex Community College The following is an excerpt from a panel with students from the Massachusetts Student Advisory Council (SAC) to the Board of Higher Education from Open Education week 2021. The entire panel is available – Unleashing the Power of Massachusetts Students to Increase OER Awareness. What […]

CCCOER on June 2, 2021

OER – A Shining Sun in Dark Times

Jorgo Gushi Chair of the Massachusetts Student Advisory Council (SAC) to the Board of Higher Education, Member of MA OER Advisory CouncilQuinsigamond Community College The following is an excerpt from a panel with students from the Massachusetts Student Advisory Council (SAC) to the Board of Higher Education from Open Education week 2021. The entire panel […]

CCCOER on May 26, 2021

The Challenge with Access Codes

Niki Nguyen Vice-Chair of the Massachusetts Student Advisory Council (SAC) to the Board of Higher Education and head of the OER Subcommittee Bunker Hill Community College The following are excerpts from a panel with students from the Massachusetts Student Advisory Council (SAC) to the Board of Higher Education from Open Education week 2021. The entire panel […]

CCCOER on May 19, 2021

Automated Billing:
Student Perspective

Barbara Gooch, student at Volunteer State Community College in Tennessee, joined us for a recent webinar “Culture Shift to Academic Freedom” to share her knowledge and passion for education reform and open educational resources (OER).  A journalism major, she has a longtime passion for education reform first as a parent and now as a student […]

CCCOER on December 31, 2020

“Talk to Your Professors About Adopting OER”

Hunter Grove first encountered OER during his first year of college, and in his second year, he joined the Textbook Affordability Team and the Associated Student Government, working to educate students and faculty alike about OER and its potential to lower textbook costs for students. He is transferring to Oregon State University (OSU) in the […]

CCCOER on May 10, 2020

OER Development & Advocacy Go Hand-in-Hand

Since 2017, Trudi Radtke has been working as an Open Educational Resources Specialist at College of the Canyons, helping create 80+ open textbooks, and traveling to conferences both in the US and internationally to learn and speak about OER. Since February 2019, they have also been an OER Student Advocacy Co-Lead at the Michelson 20MM Foundation, […]

CCCOER on February 12, 2020

College of the Canyons grad continues OER advocacy at 4-year college

Natalie Miller is a Computer Science major at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. While at College of the Canyons (COC) she was employed by the college and helped build their OER program. Now at Cal Poly, she is working to raise student and faculty awareness of OER, in addition to being one of eight California […]

CCCOER on November 18, 2019

San Jose State University OER Student Advocate

Jenifer Vang is a biology major in her senior year at San Jose State University.  She is one of eight California state university and community college students selected to launch the statewide OER Student Advocacy Network.  The goal of the network is to promote the use of OER on campuses and develop a toolkit to […]

CCCOER on April 10, 2019

Westhills College Lemoore OER Student Advocate

After twenty-five years, Timothy Maldonado returned to school last year to better his job prospects. Now in his second year at West Hills College Lemoore (WHCL) in California, he is majoring in Sociology and is active in several clubs on campus to assist students struggling with food insecurity and disabilities. Tim understands the challenge of […]

CCCOER on March 13, 2019