An annual celebration, Open Education Week (OE Week) is an opportunity for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide.

Open Education Week was launched in 2012 by CCCOER’s parent organization, Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum. Every year OE Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide. OE Week provides practitioners, educators, and students with an opportunity to build a greater understanding of open educational practices and be inspired by the wonderful work being developed by the community around the world.

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Schedule of Events:

• Monday, March 6, 12pm PT/ 3pm ET, Celebrate Open Ed, Come On!  
• Wednesday, March 8, 12pm PT/ 3pm ET, Open Course Design Showcase
• Thursday, March 9, 12pm PT/ 3pm ET, The Advantages of Using OER Among the Disadvantaged

Celebrate Open Ed, Come On!

Monday, March 6 | 12pm PT/ 3pm ET

There’s going to be a party here, a celebration that’s been happening for years. So bring your accomplishments to share and your smiles, too. We want to celebrate your successes with you.

You are invited to join members of the Executive Council of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources to celebrate recent Open Education successes and accomplishments. We often talk about barriers and challenges but don’t talk often enough about what is working for us in the field. During this interactive webinar, panelists will share one Open Education initiative, resource, partnership, relationship, or simply a moment about which they are proud.  Attendees will all be invited to share their own success and accomplishments, with themes identified among all the accomplishments described. Our goal is for participants to leave inspired, grateful, relaxed, and ready to tackle their next challenge in Open Education! 

Panelists:

• Matthew Bloom, English Faculty, Scottsdale Community College
• Michael LaMagna, Information Literacy Program & Library Services Coordinator Professor of Library Services, Delaware County Community College
• Paula Michniewicz, Senior Analyst/Instructional Designer, College of Southern Nevada
• Wayde Oshiro, Interim Learning Commons & Library Coordinator, Leeward Community College
• Andrea Scott, OER Coordinator, Office of Learning Advancement, Salt Lake Community College
• Judith Sebesta, Vice President, ISKME Labs/OER Commons; President, Executive Council, CCCOER 
• Joy Shoemate, Director of Online Learning, College of the Canyons

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Open Course Design Showcase

Wednesday, March 8 | 12pm PT/ 3pm ET

This exciting webinar during Open Education Week will focus on open course design within several platforms. Presenters will discuss the process of creation from faculty and student perspectives including a focus on equity-minded practices. Please feel free to prepare to share your own open course design!

Speakers:

• Jessica Parsons, OER Instructional Services Specialist, Paradise Valley Community College
• Dr. Marini Smith, Associate Professor of Child Development & Education, Title V STEM Teacher Prep Coordinator, West Los Angeles College

Moderator: 

• LoriBeth Larsen, English and Reading Faculty and OER Lead, Central Lakes College

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The Advantages of Using OER Among the Disadvantaged

Thursday, March 9 | 12pm PT/ 3pm ET (30-min)

This webinar will focus on the benefits of OER for women, the disabled, and people over 40. In the United States, education and employment are factors determining financial success. Much of the work in open education has focused on higher education, where adopting OER provides cost savings to students and gives faculty the flexibility to design and implement more culturally relevant course materials. For OER to prosper, we must network and share our knowledge outside our OER community to reach local businesses. Employers can benefit from OER when materials are developed for workforce development programs. More work must also be done to effect change beneficial to OER in state and federal educational policies. If the OER community increases its outreach, the results will build on the existing foundation to further benefit our disadvantaged populations.

Speaker: 

• Dr. Tonja Conerly, Professor of Sociology, San Jacinto College, and former CCCOER Executive Council co-VP of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 

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All Open Education Week 2023 promotional images were created by Mario Badilla, OEGlobal Creative Director, and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.