Oregon OER News Digest

[Amy Hofer]

Hi all, The Michelson 20MM Foundation is running a student survey about automatic textbook billing. Please encourage students to participate before April 15 - Amy

Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources

• Student-Centered Course Material Procurement Models. The current campus store model isn't working for any stakeholder. How can we proactively get out of our campus store doom loop? Open Oregon Educational Resources and the Orbis Cascade Alliance invite you to a virtual half-day meeting to bring together OER champions, librarians, store managers, business officers, instructors, students, and other relevant stakeholders in Oregon. May 3, 9-1
• Spring 2024 Virtual OER Review Workshops will take place May 13, 12-1; May 14, 5-6; and May 15, 12-1. After the workshop, you’ll receive a stipend for writing a review of an open educational resource.

Other ways to get involved

• Tea Time! Using AI to generate OER content, hosted by the OEN Publishing Co-op Advisory Group. April 1, 11 Pacific
• Registration is open for Pub101, hosted by the Open Education Network, which has 7 1-hour meetings on Wednesdays, April 10 - May 29, 2024 (no meeting May 15), 11-12 Pacific. Register by April 9. 
• AI & OER: Redefining Education?, hosted by CCCER. April 10, 12 Pacific. 
• What You Need to Know: Creating OER at Community College Level, hosted by the ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section OER Committee. April 25, 10 Pacific.
• Is “Opt-In” the Future of Inclusive Access?, hosted by InclusiveAccess.org. April 25, 1 Pacific. 
• OER Sustainability and Advocacy is open through April 26.
• Exploring Open Education Publishing Platforms, hosted by CCCOER. May 8, 12 Pacific.
• Registration is open for the Library Publishing Forum, hosted by the Library Publishing Coalition, taking place in-person in Minneapolis May 15-16.
• 2024 CCCOER EDI Summer Book Club meets at 12 Pacific on June 13, June 27, July 11, July 25, and August 8 to discuss Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education by Jay T. Dolmage. 

Calls for proposals in the open education field

• The Open Ed Conference seeks proposal reviewers. Sign up by April 5.
• The 2024 Open Education Conference call for proposals is open. The submission deadline is April 15. 
• The Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education’s call for papers is open. Submissions for the 2024 issue are due April 19.
• Clemson University seeks authors to write two open textbooks on robotics and mechatronics for the 2-year associate degree levels. Contact Yang Wu by April 30 if you’re interested.

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Statewide Open Education Program Director

Open Oregon Educational Resources

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[Amy Hofer]

Hi all, this is an occasional reminder that you can use the Open Oregon Google Group to share resources, ask questions, and connect with colleagues in Oregon’s open education community of practice! - Amy

Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources

• Student-Centered Course Material Procurement Models. The current campus store model isn't working for any stakeholder. How can we proactively get out of our campus store doom loop? Open Oregon Educational Resources and the Orbis Cascade Alliance invite you to a virtual half-day meeting to bring together OER champions, librarians, store managers, business officers, instructors, students, and other relevant stakeholders in Oregon. May 3, 9-1
• Spring 2024 Virtual OER Review Workshops will take place May 13, 12-1; May 14, 5-6; and May 15, 12-1. After the workshop, you’ll receive a stipend for writing a review of an open educational resource.

Other ways to get involved

• Registration is open for Pub101, hosted by the Open Education Network, which has 7 1-hour meetings on Wednesdays, April 10 - May 29, 2024 (no meeting May 15), 11-12 Pacific. Register by April 9. 

• AI & OER: Redefining Education?, hosted by CCCER. April 10, 12 Pacific. 

• Registration is open for All Things Open Week, hosted by Kennesaw State University Libraries and Texas Tech University Libraries, taking place virtually April 15-18.
• Creative Teaching Solutions: Open Pedagogy and Student-Centered Learning, hosted by Cleveland State University. April 16, 8:30 Pacific.
• Scaling & Sustaining OER Adoption, Open Ped & Publishing, Oh my!, hosted by the Open Education Network. April 18, 10 Pacific.

• What You Need to Know: Creating OER at Community College Level, hosted by the ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section OER Committee. April 25, 10 Pacific.
• Is “Opt-In” the Future of Inclusive Access?, hosted by InclusiveAccess.org. April 25, 1 Pacific. 
• OER Sustainability and Advocacy is open through April 26.
• Exploring Open Education Publishing Platforms, hosted by CCCOER. May 8, 12 Pacific.

• Registration is open for University of Regina Open Education Bootcamp, taking place virtually May 14-17.
• Registration is open for OpenCon Ohio 2024, taking place virtually May 17. Register by May 10.

• Registration is open for the Library Publishing Forum, hosted by the Library Publishing Coalition, taking place in-person in Minneapolis May 15-16.

• Open Education Programs on a Shoestring, hosted by the Open Education Network. May 16, 10 Pacific.

• 2024 CCCOER EDI Summer Book Club meets at 12 Pacific on June 13, June 27, July 11, July 25, and August 8 to discuss Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education by Jay T. Dolmage. 

Calls for proposals in the open education field

• The Open Ed Conference seeks proposal reviewers. Sign up by April 5.
• The 2024 Open Education Conference call for proposals is open. The submission deadline is April 15. 
• The Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education’s call for papers is open. Submissions for the 2024 issue are due April 19. 
• Clemson University seeks authors to write two open textbooks on robotics and mechatronics for the 2-year associate degree levels. Contact Yang Wu by April 30 if you’re interested. 

• The call for proposals is open for the Cal OER Conference, which takes place virtually August 7-8. Proposals are due June 3 at 5pm.

OER-related job opportunities

• The York University Libraries is hiring a an Associate Librarian/Archivist or Senior Librarian/Archivist position. Applications are due April 26.

[Amy Hofer]

Hi all, this newsletter is about to take two weeks off. See you in May! - Amy

New blog posts to read while you wait for the next newsletter!

• OER for Improving Accessibility and Universal Design in Online Course Content: Skye Nguyen wrote about a new openly licensed course for faculty developed at Lane Community College.
• Thank You, OER Champion: Justine Munds wrote about how Clackamas Community College uses a “gratitude campaign” to showcase faculty who teach with OER. 
• Open Ed Week archived webinars: catch up with A Showcase of the Strategic Digital Accessibility Training in Oregon, The Intersection of Wikipedia and Open Education Resources, and OER 101: An Introduction to Open Educational Resources.

Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources

• Student-Centered Course Material Procurement Models. The current campus store model isn't working for any stakeholder. How can we proactively get out of our campus store doom loop? Open Oregon Educational Resources and the Orbis Cascade Alliance invite you to a virtual half-day meeting to bring together OER champions, librarians, store managers, business officers, instructors, students, and other relevant stakeholders in Oregon. May 3, 9-1
• Spring 2024 Virtual OER Review Workshops will take place May 13, 12-1; May 14, 5-6; and May 15, 12-1. After the workshop, you’ll receive a stipend for writing a review of an open educational resource.

Other ways to get involved

• Students can take a quick national survey on textbook accessibility by April 15.

• Registration is open for All Things Open Week, hosted by Kennesaw State University Libraries and Texas Tech University Libraries, taking place virtually April 15-18.
• Creative Teaching Solutions: Open Pedagogy and Student-Centered Learning, hosted by Cleveland State University. April 16, 8:30 Pacific.
• Scaling & Sustaining OER Adoption, Open Ped & Publishing, Oh my!, hosted by the Open Education Network. April 18, 10 Pacific.
• What You Need to Know: Creating OER at Community College Level, hosted by the ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section OER Committee. April 25, 10 Pacific.
• Is “Opt-In” the Future of Inclusive Access?, hosted by InclusiveAccess.org. April 25, 1 Pacific. 
• OER Sustainability and Advocacy is open through April 26.
• Exploring Open Education Publishing Platforms, hosted by CCCOER. May 8, 12 Pacific.
• Registration is open for University of Regina Open Education Bootcamp, taking place virtually May 14-17.
• Registration is open for OpenCon Ohio 2024, taking place virtually May 17. Register by May 10.
• Registration is open for the Library Publishing Forum, hosted by the Library Publishing Coalition, taking place in-person in Minneapolis May 15-16.
• Open Education Programs on a Shoestring, hosted by the Open Education Network. May 16, 10 Pacific.
• 2024 CCCOER EDI Summer Book Club meets at 12 Pacific on June 13, June 27, July 11, July 25, and August 8 to discuss Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education by Jay T. Dolmage. 

Calls for proposals in the open education field

• The 2024 Open Education Conference call for proposals is open. The submission deadline is April 15. 
• The call for proposals is open for the Oregon Information Literacy Summit and open pedagogy is one of the invited topics. Proposals are due April 18.

• The Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education’s call for papers is open. Submissions for the 2024 issue are due April 19. 
• Clemson University seeks authors to write two open textbooks on robotics and mechatronics for the 2-year associate degree levels. Contact Yang Wu by April 30 if you’re interested. 
• The call for proposals is open for the Cal OER Conference, which takes place virtually August 7-8. Proposals are due June 3 at 5pm.

OER-related job opportunities

• The York University Libraries is hiring an Associate Librarian/Archivist or Senior Librarian/Archivist position. Applications are due April 26.