• 90-minute Webinar: AI, Copyright, and Open Education: What We Know Now

    Albany, United States Albany, OR, United States

    Cohosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources and Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest. Join the Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest to explore the emerging intersection of AI, copyright, and open educational resources.

  • K12 Sex Ed and Substance Use OER for Oregon Health Standards

    Albany, United States Albany, OR, United States

    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.

  • 90-Minute Webinar: Water is Still Life – Visualizing Native and Indigenous Resistance to Generative AI

    Albany, United States Albany, OR, United States

    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.

  • Office Hour: Openly License Something!

    Albany, United States Albany, OR, United States

    Office Hour: Openly License Something, hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources Peter Musser, Head of Library Services for ISKME/OER Commons, will help you openly license and share your work publicly. No experience necessary!

  • Webinar: Copyright Confidence From Basics to AI

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    Navigating copyright is essential for anyone working with Open Educational Resources, but the world of copyright sometimes feels daunting or confusing. Join us for a 90-minute webinar led by members of the Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest designed to help demystify copyright basics and fair use principles. We’ll also spend time thinking about how to build confidence […]

  • Open Education 101

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    Unlimited and free access to course materials, relevant and customizable resources for your students, and an ever-expanding global community of practice – sounds great, right? Ariana Santiago, Head of Open Education Services at the University of Houston Libraries, will lead an introductory session on open educational resources and practices, exploring the discovery, revision, remixing, and […]

  • Open Education Connections: K-12 and Higher Ed

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    Interested in collaborating with K–12 educators and leveraging Open Educational Resources (OER) in teaching and learning? Barbara Soots, Assistant Director, Open Education & Instructional Materials in Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, leads a session exploring the use of open resources and open education pedagogy in K–12 education. Discover how OER is being utilized and […]

  • Got Money? Oregon’s Brain Trust for Local OER Funds

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    Local funding for OER and textbook affordability from your own institution’s budget can complement statewide grants and other external sources of support. A group of librarians from Oregon institutions with local funding meet as an informal brain trust to ask questions, share surprises and lessons learned, and showcase projects made possible by funding from their […]

  • Where are OER conversations happening anymore?

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    The Open Ed community is dispersed across platforms, listservs, and group chats. Join our panelists for in-depth discussion about where people come together to learn and talk about Open Ed work, ranging from structured to casual communication. Heather Blicher, Director, Community College Consortium for OER Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Iowa State […]

  • OER Reading and Party!

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    Join the Open Oregon Educational Resources team at a virtual happy hour to celebrate OER publications in our state. This event will feature readings by Oregon authors from their work; if you are an OER author, please pick out a short passage to share. Let’s raise a glass to celebrate the conclusion of another Open […]

  • Keynote Webinar: A Showcase of the Strategic Digital Accessibility Training in Oregon

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    Rob Carr, WebAIM Strategic Accessibility Coordinator, and Veronica Vold, Open Education Instructional Designer, will join colleagues from Oregon’s public colleges and universities to showcase their campus accessibility initiatives. Hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources.

  • Virtual Watch Party – Building Open Community: Lessons from the Commons

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    Rajiv Jhangiani delivered a powerful keynote address at this year’s Open Education Conference. We’ll watch the recorded session synchronously via Zoom with the option to use the chat feature for real-time discussion. Hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources.

  • OER 101: Getting Started with Open Educational Resources

    Open Oregon Portland, OR, United States

    Are you interested in exploring OER for your course, but don’t know where to start? Join Jeff Gallant, Program Director, Affordable Learning Georgia, for an introduction in this one-hour webinar, hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources.