Oregon OER News Digest

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Amy Hofer

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Nov 5, 2021, 4:06:23 PM11/5/21
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Hi all, 


I’m broadcasting our newsletter widely one time. If you’d like to continue to receive this newsletter on Fridays, please join the Open Oregon Google Group (reply to this email if you need to be direct-added). The purpose of the group is to share news, ask questions, and connect with colleagues in Oregon's open education community of practice. If you take no action, you will not continue to receive newsletters :)


Thanks, 

Amy


Meet new members of the Open Oregon Educational Resources team!


Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources


Calls for participation

  • Have you included OER projects in your promotion and tenure materials? Please contact Amy if you’re willing to share your approach or specific language you used!

  • The Targeted Pathways project seeks authors for a lower-division Criminal Justice course, Race & Crime, which will be developed with an equity lens. To learn more about the project, role, and compensation, please contact Phoebe.

  • The Targeted Pathways project seeks course outline peer reviewers for HDFS and SOC grant projects. Compensation is a $50 Visa gift card. Please contact Amy if you’re interested.

  • Library Publishing Forum call for proposals, due Nov 15: https://librarypublishing.org/program/


Other upcoming professional development opportunities


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Statewide Open Education Program Director

Amy Hofer

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Nov 12, 2021, 5:13:53 PM11/12/21
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Hi all, there is a LOT of news this week! Let me know if you have suggestions to make this newsletter more digestible :) Amy


Kudos OER grantees!

  • Jane Palmieri, an OER grantee on the nursing faculty at Portland Community College, interviewed nursing student Leina Kojima about participating in a curriculum review. Read more.

  • Penny Feltner and James R. Gapinski developed a new Tutor Handbook to support CRLA certified tutor training courses at Chemeketa Community College. Read more.


Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources

Other upcoming professional development opportunities


    Opportunities to participate in Open Oregon Educational Resources projects

    • Have you included OER projects in your promotion and tenure materials? Please contact Amy if you’re willing to share your approach or specific language you used!

    • The Targeted Pathways project seeks authors for a lower-division Criminal Justice course, Race & Crime, which will be developed with an equity lens. To learn more about the project, role, and compensation, please contact Phoebe.

    • The Targeted Pathways project seeks course outline peer reviewers for HDFS and SOC grant projects. Compensation is a $50 Visa gift card. Please contact Amy if you’re interested.


    Other ways to get involved with OER-related projects

    • Learn about OER for Oregon’s K-12 by exploring the Oregon Open Learning team’s OERCommons Hub; you can email OregonOpe...@ode.state.or.us to schedule an introductory workshop or to request a previously recorded workshop webinar.

    • Online Northwest seeks proposals for 30-minute and 60-minute presentations and panels, as well as 5-minute lightning talks, on the theme of Open Librarianship. Proposals will be accepted until 5pm on December 17, 2021.

    • Call for proposals: Scholarly Communication Notebook seeks open content about scholarly communication topics (open access, open education, open data, open repositories and library publishing, research impact, and copyright) by Dec 17. Successful proposals will receive $2500.

    • Open RN seeks peer reviewers for the Nursing Management and Professional Concepts textbook. Indicate interest by Nov 22. Reviewers will receive $40/hour (up to $400).

    • The Library Publishing Coalition seeks nominations for the annual Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Library Publishing and applications for the annual Publishing Practice Awards by Jan 17, 2022. 


    OER-related job opportunities

    Amy Hofer

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    Nov 19, 2021, 11:54:46 AM11/19/21
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    Hi all, I’m on a podcast! Colin Stapp, Learning Technologies Facilitator at Chemeketa Community College, interviewed me last spring and the episode is now available on HubTalk. Feel free to send me OER-related news for future newsletters! Thanks, Amy


    Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources


    Other upcoming professional development opportunities


    Opportunities to participate in Open Oregon Educational Resources projects

    • Have you included OER projects in your promotion and tenure materials? Please contact Amy if you’re willing to share your approach or specific language you used!

    • The Targeted Pathways project seeks authors for a lower-division Criminal Justice course, Race & Crime, which will be developed with an equity lens. To learn more about the project, role, and compensation, please contact Phoebe.

    • The Targeted Pathways project seeks textbook/course outline peer reviewers for HDFS and SOC grant projects. Compensation is a $50 Visa gift card. Please contact Amy if you’re interested.


    Other ways to get involved in the open education field

      • The Open Education Conference is launching a community election process for the formation of its Board of Directors. Self-nominate for a position on the Board by December 1, and/or vote by December 15. 

      • Online Northwest seeks proposals for 30-minute and 60-minute presentations and panels, as well as 5-minute lightning talks, on the theme of Open Librarianship. Proposals will be accepted until 5pm on December 17, 2021.

      • Call for proposals: Scholarly Communication Notebook seeks open content about scholarly communication topics (open access, open education, open data, open repositories and library publishing, research impact, and copyright) by Dec 17. Successful proposals will receive $2500.


        OER-related job opportunities

        • Not that I want anyone to leave Oregon, but Emory University is hiring an Open Access Librarian. Applications are due November 30.

        • Again, not that I want anyone to leave Oregon, but NYU is hiring an Open Scholarship Librarian. Applications are due December 6.

        Amy Hofer

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        Nov 24, 2021, 1:39:50 PM11/24/21
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        Hi all, a short newsletter for a short week. See you after the break! Amy


        Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources


        Other upcoming professional development opportunities


          Get involved in the open education field

            • The Open Education Conference is launching a community election process for the formation of its Board of Directors. Self-nominate for a position on the Board by December 1, and/or vote by December 15. 


              OER-related job opportunities

              Amy Hofer

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              Dec 3, 2021, 7:48:04 PM12/3/21
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              Hi all, do you have OER-related news? Please send it my way and I’ll include it in a future newsletter! Thanks, Amy


              Kudos

              • Karen Bjork, Head of Digital Initiatives, Cataloging, & eAccess at Portland State University, was featured on an Open Education Network/Rebus Community Office Hours session on The Power of No. She discusses the PDXOpen business plan during the session.


              Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources

              • Open Education Instructional Design Community of Practice: First meeting is Wednesday, Dec. 8th 9-10. This new group will meet for about an hour each month to discuss powerful questions, like how to create and share open course materials, how to integrate existing OER into course design, how to support instructors with open pedagogy, and how to design for equity and accessibility. Instructional designers and colleagues who provide instructional design support are welcome to join!


              Other upcoming professional development opportunities

              • International opportunity: OER Camp Global is a free, user-generated “unconference" offering around-the-clock global OER programming December 9-11

              Opportunities to participate in Open Oregon Educational Resources projects

              • Have you included OER projects in your promotion and tenure materials? Please contact Amy if you’re willing to share your approach or specific language you used!

              • The Targeted Pathways project seeks authors for a lower-division Criminal Justice course, Race & Crime, which will be developed with an equity lens. To learn more about the project, role, and compensation, please contact Phoebe.

              • The Targeted Pathways project seeks textbook/course outline peer reviewers for HDFS and SOC grant projects. Compensation is a $50 Visa gift card. Please contact Amy if you’re interested.


              Other ways to get involved in the open education field

              • International opportunity: annotate the UNESCO Recommendation on OER with OE Global.

              • The Open Education Conference is launching a community election process for the formation of its Board of Directors. Vote by December 15. 

              • Online Northwest seeks proposals for 30-minute and 60-minute presentations and panels, as well as 5-minute lightning talks, on the theme of Open Librarianship. Proposals will be accepted until 5pm on December 17, 2021.

              • Call for proposals: Scholarly Communication Notebook seeks open content about scholarly communication topics (open access, open education, open data, open repositories and library publishing, research impact, and copyright) by Dec 17. Successful proposals will receive $2500.

              • Submit a proposal to the second annual Language OER Conference by Jan 14.

              • Regional Leaders of Open Education Network Leadership Program supports leaders to build individualized strategic plans for Open Education that align with existing campus goals to support underserved and underrepresented students. Call for participation for upcoming cohorts is due Jan 14. 


                OER-related job opportunities

                Amy Hofer

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                Dec 10, 2021, 6:42:16 PM12/10/21
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                Hi all, 


                Heather White, former OER Librarian at Mt Hood Community College, has taken a Senior Product Manager role at EBSCO. She recently shared a blog post, Why Open Educational Resources Are So Important and How EBSCO Faculty Select Can Help, and asks that EBSCO users with OER discovery suggestions get in touch with her. 


                Read on for this week’s newsletter!

                 

                Amy


                Kudos

                • Collin-Kazu Lewis, a student at Portland State University who transferred from Mt Hood Community College, was a panelist on a CCCOER webinar on the impact of OER.

                • Stefanie Buck at Oregon State University is running for a seat on the Open Education Conference Board of Directors. Vote by December 15. 


                Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources

                Other upcoming professional development opportunities


                Other ways to get involved in the open education field

                • Online Northwest seeks proposals for 30-minute and 60-minute presentations and panels, as well as 5-minute lightning talks, on the theme of Open Librarianship. Proposals will be accepted until 5pm on December 17, 2021.

                Amy Hofer

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                Dec 17, 2021, 7:11:02 PM12/17/21
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                Hi all, do you have a story about the Open Textbook Library? Send it to the Open Education Network by Jan 14 to help celebrate the Library’s 10th anniversary.


                This is our last newsletter of the year - see you in January!


                Amy


                Kudos

                • The 2021-23 OER grant cohort has saved over 1,000 students an estimated $175,000 since July! Congratulations grantees!!

                • Introduction to Permaculture by Andrew Millison, published by Oregon State University, made the Pressbooks team’s list of favorite open books of 2021!


                Upcoming professional development hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources


                Other upcoming professional development opportunities


                Calls for proposals in the open education field

                  • Submit a proposal to OER22 by Feb 10.


                  Other ways to get involved

                  • Regional Leaders of Open Education Network Leadership Program supports leaders to build individualized strategic plans for Open Education that align with existing campus goals to support underserved and underrepresented students. Call for participation for upcoming cohorts is due Jan 14. 

                  • The Open Education Section of the forthcoming book, Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Culture: Law, Economics, and Publishing, is open for peer review through Jan 21, 2022.


                  Interesting reading


                  OER-related job opportunity

                  • Creative Commons is hiring a Climate Change Campaign Manager on a contract basis for 7 months of remote work with the possibility of the position extending up to 4 years. Application deadline is January 4, 2022.

                  • Michelson 20MM Foundation, which funds OER grants, is hiring a Digital Equity Program Manager. They are open to the position being remote but preference may be given to candidates based in CA. Candidates are reviewed on a rolling basis.

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