Spring 2025

OERI Discipline Lead Events

The OERI Discipline Leads regularly host conversations and webinars to share resources, identify needs, and build community. These events are intended for discipline faculty and for those who have an interest in the discipline as supporters or advocates. Webinars will be recorded and archived. A “conversation” or an office hour are informal discussions and recordings may be shared upon approval of the presenter. The ASCCC OERI will provide automated captioning for all webinars. If you would like to request live human closed-captioning for any of our offerings, please contact us by e-mail at least 10 business days in advance.

Physics Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours

The OERI is pleased to offer a series of Physics Open Educational Resources (OER) office hours throughout the term. These office hours will be held on Fridays from 9:00 am – 10:00 am for the Spring 2025 semester. The space serves as a Q&A session where attendees bring in their Physics OER needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to MyOpenMath for STEM disciplines. Please see the registration links below.

Register for Physics OER Office Hours in February Register for Physics OER Office Hours in March Register for Physics OER Office Hours in April Register for Physics OER Office Hours in May

Math Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours

The OERI is pleased to offer a series of Math OER office hours throughout the term. These office hours will serve as a questions and answers session where attendees bring in their math OER needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to MyOpenMath.

Discipline Lead Webinars and Conversations

Wednesday, April 2, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Engaging Students in Geography with Open Educational Resources (OER): Meet the "Backyard Geographer", Jeremy Patrich

As described in a 2020 article, “Backyard Geographer” Professor Jeremy Patrich tries to liven things up for his students by incorporating his passions for geography, geology and Disney artifacts into YouTube videos that he hopes will help build interest and engagement in education. What resources has Jeremy developed that you can integrate into your teaching? Join us for a discussion of the development and use of OER for geography.

Friday, April 4, 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Psychology Open Educational Resources (OER): OpenStax and Inclusion,Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Updates

Psychology faculty have long been pioneers in the adoption and usage of openly licensed resources and are continuing to innovate with OER. Recently, OpenStax published two new resources while faculty continue to incorporate IDEA into disciplineOER. Join us to hear about the latest resources available and discuss what more we can do with OER and IDEA.

Monday, April 7, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

How to Ethically Integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Sociology Courses

In this conversation, join us to discuss the growing landscape of AI and how it can be ethically integrated into sociology courses.

Thursday, April 10, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Converting Local Political Science (POLS) Courses to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Using Open Educational Resource (OER)

While all but one of the specified courses in the POLS Transfer Model Curriculum have available OER, a variety of local political science courses that are found in the Associate Degree for Transfer and/or in local degrees do not. What local courses are commonly found in political science degrees, and what OER are available – or needed – to make these courses ZTC? Join us to discuss what is needed for all political science courses to be ZTC.

Friday, April 11, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Revolutionizing Language Teaching: Human-Artificial Intelligence (AI) Collaborations for Open Educational Resources (OER) Creation and Open Educational Practices

In this webinar, we will investigate how OER authors can co-create content with AI to produce texts that adapt to students’ proficiency levels and areas of interest. We will also look at how students can learn to leverage AI to find inspiration, get feedback on their writing, and create conversation partners. All these features will be presented while exploring a new innovative text “Vida Sana” designed by the presenter for a course in Spanish for Health Professions.

Friday, April 11, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Integrating Indigenous Perspectives and Global Issues in Spanish OpenEducational Resources (OER)

How can OER support the integration of Indigenous voices in higher education? This webinar explores the impact of an intercultural Spanish curriculum based on open educational resources, highlighting the potential of OER to elevate and integrate Indigenous epistemologies in higher education. The open nature of these resources is particularly important when engaging with Indigenous ways of knowing, ensuring that knowledge circulates freely without economic or institutional barriers, honoring its communal essence and safeguarding it from exclusive appropriation.

Wednesday, April 23, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Integrating RNA-Seq Research into Biology for Majors Courses

This webinar will introduce faculty to an openly licensed curriculum that seamlessly integrates an RNA-seq research project into Biology for Majors courses. Participants will explore how to implement an authentic bioinformatics investigation using open educational resource tools to foster student engagement, scientific literacy, and hands-on experience in genomics. Designed for educators seeking to enhance their curriculum with research-driven learning, this session will provide practical strategies for incorporating real-world data analysis into undergraduate biology courses.

Wednesday, April 23, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Mathematics Support Courses and Open Educational Resources (OER)

Math faculty do their best to help students who may not be prepared for the math class that they enrolled in, but it can be challenging to meet the various needs of students with different levels of knowledge and skill. Join us in this conversation where we share what we are doing at our colleges using OER to support all math students. Bring your ideas, questions, and challenges.

Wednesday, April 23, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Developing Open Educational Resources (OER) for Journalism Courses

Meet the faculty who are working on OER for courses in the Journalism Associate Degree for Transfer (AD-T). Journalism faculty Tara Cuslidge-Staiano and Erin Hiro will explain how they created their textbooks, A Guide to News Writing and Broccoli and Chocolate: A Beginner's Guide to Journalism, which may be used when teaching Introduction to Mass Communications (C-ID JOUR 110) and Student Media Practicum I (C-ID JOUR 130). Then, journalism faculty Rachel Leibrock will discuss the plan to create new resources for Introduction to Photojournalism (C-ID JOUR 160). The webinar will end with an invitation to create new OER for the remaining journalism courses.

Tuesday, April 29, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Open Educational Resources (OER) for Kinesiology: Maximizing Impact

Join us for a focused conversation on the future of OER in kinesiology, homing in on curriculum areas we can meaningfully direct our efforts, and possible collaboration to maximize impact. We will also address a critical need: solutions for creating and sharing high-quality, accessible lab videos. Please join us - your input is vital as we shape our OER strategies.