Oregon OER News Digest

[Amy Hofer]

Hi all, please share with students: Library Futures is hiring paid student interns for remote part-time positions. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis - Amy

Open Ed Week

• OER Course Redesign Training: Open Ed Week Sprint Registration Deadline. Redesign your course with OER in a one-week sprint and earn a $750 stipend! Register by February 23.
• Office Hour: Openly License Something. Peter Musser, Head of Library Services for ISKME/OER Commons, will help you openly license and share your work publicly. No experience necessary! March 2, 12:00-1:00.
• 90-Minute Webinar: Water is Still Life - Visualizing Native and Indigenous Resistance to Generative AI. Join Marco Seiferle-Valencia, Open Education Librarian, University of Idaho, for a talk on the AI environmental challenges presented by the mass adoption of generative AI. A brief breathing practice with Marianne Tanner, Part-time Faculty Librarian, Portland Community College, will help us envision our own roles as information and truth protectors. March 3, 1-2:30.
• Faculty OER Mentors: Broadening Support at Portland Community College. Join Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian, and PCC's OER Faculty Mentors to learn about a new OER support initiative. March 4, TBD.
• K12 Sex Ed and Substance Use OER for Oregon Health Standards. Join Sasha Grenier and Alanna Russell from the Oregon Department of Education for an engaging session discussing the Sexuality Education and Substance Use OER that support educators in meeting Oregon’s Health Education Standards. March 5, 3-4.
• 90-minute Webinar: AI, Copyright, and Open Education: What We Know Now. Join the Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest to explore the emerging intersection of AI, copyright, and open educational resources. March 6, 11:30-1.

Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources

• Working toward Accessibility for OER Collections (90 minute webinar). Representatives of three OER publishing programs consider what the upcoming federal accessibility requirements mean for people who manage OER collections. February 23, 11:30-1.
• Beyond Compliance to Universal Design of OER. Suzanne Wakim will discuss how you can apply universal design and open pedagogy to create a truly awesome OER. March 13, 12-1.

Other ways to get involved

• Registration is open for Open Ed Live, hosted by the University of Central Florida. Feb 23-25.
• Florence Nkemjika Okoroegbe, a master’s student of Leadership in Open Education at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia, seeks higher education lecturers who have experience or are interested in assessment practices in higher education to participate in 30-45 minute interviews. Schedule by March 2.
• Tea Time! AI Disclosure Framework, hosted by the Open Education Network. March 2, 11 Pacific.
• Getting Started With Open Education, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 3, 10 Pacific.
• From Free to Usable: The Accessibility Promise of OER, hosted by UC Davis. March 3, 11 Pacific.
• OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 4, 11 Pacific.
• Introduction to Accessibility for OER, hosted by ISKME. Webinar will be repeated March 4, 1 Pacific; and March 12, 4 Pacific.
• OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: adrienne maree brown, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 5, 12 Pacific.
• Registration is open for the Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources Conference, taking place virtually March 5.
• Registration is open for the 2026 Language OER Conference, taking place virtually March 7.
• Registration is open for Pub101 for Authors, hosted by the Open Education Network. This training will meet weekly on Wednesdays, March 25 - May 15, 11-12 Pacific.
• Ketty Pilot Group Update, hosted by the Open Education Network. March 16, 12 Pacific.
• From the Field: Inside Fanshawe’s OER Design Studio, hosted by CCCOER. March 18, 12 Pacific.
• Certificate in Open Education for Librarians, hosted by Library Juice Academy and led by Quill West and Colleen Sanders. Next session runs April-August 2026. Open Oregon Educational Resources can sponsor tuition for participants at Oregon’s public colleges and universities.
• OER Styles Accessibility Series, cohosted by ISKME and CAST. April 8th and May 13th, 11-12:30 Pacific. Open Oregon Educational Resources can sponsor tuition for participants at Oregon’s public colleges and universities.
• Registration is open for Online Northwest 2026, taking place at the University of Oregon Portland Campus April 10.
• How Do Course Materials Impact Student Belonging? Insights from User Experience Research, hosted by CCCOER. April 15, 12 Pacific.
• A Fierce Commitment to Teaching: Michigan Faculty Voices on OER, hosted by CCCOER. May 20, 12 Pacific.
• There are usually more events posted at Open Education Conference List and Open Education Webinar Calendar.

Calls for proposals in the open education field

• The call for paper submissions is open for Pedagogy Opened: Innovative Theory and Practice. Submissions are due March 2.
• The call for proposals is open for the Open Educational Practices Conference, taking place virtually on April 2. Proposals are due March 5.
• The call for proposals is open for OpenCon Ohio 2026, taking place online May 15. Proposals are due March 20.
• The editors of Reflections on Open Educational Practices: Intentions, Nuances, and Complexities seek book chapter proposals. Submissions are due March 27.
• The call for submissions is open for the second issue of the Journal of Open Initiatives in Academic Libraries. Submissions are due May 10.

OER-related job opportunities

• Columbia Gorge Community College is hiring a Director of Library and Learning Commons position that includes OER and copyright support. The position is open until filled and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Library Futures is hiring paid student interns for remote part-time positions. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
• City University Of New York is hiring a University Open Educational Resources Manager. Applications are due March 6.
• There are usually more jobs posted at Open Education Jobs.

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Amy Hofer (she/her)

Statewide Open Education Program Director

Open Oregon Educational Resources

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[Amy Hofer]

Hi all, next week is Open Education Week! Find out what’s happening around the state at Oregon Celebrates Open Education Week, March 2-6, 2026 and what’s happening all over the world at Open Education Week 2026. One action you can take before March 6 is to sign a thank-you card for outgoing Open Education Network Executive Director Dave Ernst (and get excited for incoming Executive Director Robin DeRosa!) - Amy

Interesting reading

• There is a new report out from the Student Public Interest Research Groups: Fixing the Broken Textbooks Market, Fourth Edition. “Adoption of free and open educational materials is real and growing, but its promise is increasingly undermined by access codes and automatic billing schemes that keep costs high.”
• The Midwestern Higher Education Compact and the Southern Regional Education Board released two new reports on the use of OER in dual enrollment: Using Open Educational Resources (OER) in Dual Enrollment: Stakeholder Perspectives and Dual Enrollment and Open Educational Resources: Intersections and Opportunities in State Policy.
• A recent coauthored paper uses a speculative-critical methodological approach to explore the potential and risk that AI presents to OER: The double-edged sword: Open educational resources in the era of Generative Artificial Intelligence. Do you have a response to share? I'm curious to hear what others think about this paper.

Open Ed Week in Oregon

• Office Hour: Openly License Something. Peter Musser, Head of Library Services for ISKME/OER Commons, will help you openly license and share your work publicly. No experience necessary! March 2, 12:00-1:00.

• 90-Minute Webinar: Water is Still Life - Visualizing Native and Indigenous Resistance to Generative AI. Join Marco Seiferle-Valencia, Open Education Librarian, University of Idaho, for a talk on the environmental challenges presented by the mass adoption of generative AI. A brief breathing practice with Marianne Tanner, Part-time Faculty Librarian, Portland Community College, will help us envision our own roles as information and truth protectors. March 3, 1-2:30.
• Faculty OER Mentors: Broadening Support at Portland Community College. Join Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian, and PCC's OER Faculty Mentors to learn about a new OER support initiative. March 4, 1-2.

• K12 Sex Ed and Substance Use OER for Oregon Health Standards. Join Sasha Grenier and Alanna Russell from the Oregon Department of Education for an engaging session discussing the Sexuality Education and Substance Use OER that support educators in meeting Oregon’s Health Education Standards. March 5, 3-4.
• 90-minute Webinar: AI, Copyright, and Open Education: What We Know Now. Join the Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest to explore the emerging intersection of AI, copyright, and open educational resources. March 6, 11:30-1.

Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources

• Beyond Compliance to Universal Design of OER. Suzanne Wakim will discuss how you can apply universal design and open pedagogy to create a truly awesome OER. March 13, 12-1.

Other ways to get involved

• Florence Nkemjika Okoroegbe, a master’s student of Leadership in Open Education at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia, seeks higher education lecturers who have experience or are interested in assessment practices in higher education to participate in 30-45 minute interviews. Schedule by March 2.
• Tea Time! AI Disclosure Framework, hosted by the Open Education Network. March 2, 11 Pacific.
• Getting Started With Open Education, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 3, 10 Pacific.
• From Free to Usable: The Accessibility Promise of OER, hosted by UC Davis. March 3, 11 Pacific.
• OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 4, 11 Pacific.

• NWCCU Standards: Library Listening Session. Give feedback on the proposed change that eliminates requirements for library staffing. March 4, 2 Pacific.

• Introduction to Accessibility for OER, hosted by ISKME. Webinar will be repeated March 4, 1 Pacific; and March 12, 4 Pacific.
• OpenEd25 Keynote Rewatch: adrienne maree brown, hosted by the Open Education Association. March 5, 12 Pacific.
• Registration is open for the Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources Conference, taking place virtually March 5.

• Community Conversation: Engaging Students with Open Education, hosted by the Open Education Network. March 6, 9 Pacific.

• Registration is open for the 2026 Language OER Conference, taking place virtually March 7.
• Registration is open for Pub101 for Authors, hosted by the Open Education Network. This training will meet weekly on Wednesdays, March 25 - May 15, 11-12 Pacific.
• Ketty Pilot Group Update, hosted by the Open Education Network. March 16, 12 Pacific.
• From the Field: Inside Fanshawe’s OER Design Studio, hosted by CCCOER. March 18, 12 Pacific.

• Registration is open for the Certificate in Open Education for Librarians, hosted by Library Juice Academy and led by Quill West and Colleen Sanders. Next session runs April-August 2026. Open Oregon Educational Resources can sponsor tuition for participants at Oregon’s public colleges and universities.

• OER Styles Accessibility Series, cohosted by ISKME and CAST. April 8th and May 13th, 11-12:30 Pacific. Open Oregon Educational Resources can sponsor tuition for participants at Oregon’s public colleges and universities.
• Registration is open for Online Northwest 2026, taking place at the University of Oregon Portland Campus April 10.
• How Do Course Materials Impact Student Belonging? Insights from User Experience Research, hosted by CCCOER. April 15, 12 Pacific.
• A Fierce Commitment to Teaching: Michigan Faculty Voices on OER, hosted by CCCOER. May 20, 12 Pacific.

• Registration is open for Creative Commons Certificate training, which runs online June 1-Aug 9. Scholarships are available and Open Oregon Educational Resources may be able to sponsor your training. 

• There are usually more events posted at Open Education Conference List and Open Education Webinar Calendar.

Calls for proposals in the open education field

• The call for paper submissions is open for Pedagogy Opened: Innovative Theory and Practice. Submissions are due March 2.
• The call for proposals is open for the Open Educational Practices Conference, taking place virtually on April 2. Proposals are due March 5.
• The call for proposals is open for OpenCon Ohio 2026, taking place online May 15. Proposals are due March 20.
• The editors of Reflections on Open Educational Practices: Intentions, Nuances, and Complexities seek book chapter proposals. Submissions are due March 27.

• The call for proposals is open for the Open Education Conference, taking place virtually October 27-29. Proposals are due April 3.

• The call for submissions is open for the second issue of the Journal of Open Initiatives in Academic Libraries. Submissions are due May 10.

OER-related job opportunities

• Columbia Gorge Community College is hiring a Director of Library and Learning Commons position that includes OER and copyright support. The position is open until filled and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Library Futures is hiring paid student interns for remote part-time positions. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
• City University Of New York is hiring a University Open Educational Resources Manager. Applications are due March 6.

• The University of Wisconsin–Stout is hiring an Open Education and Outreach Librarian Position. Apply by April 1.

• There are usually more jobs posted at Open Education Jobs.