Join us for a first of an OEGlobal new live webcast series, Demos Wednesday Live. Each episode will feature a live demo, no presentation slides, of a technology, an Open Education Resource, a project web site. The idea is to demonstrate something in action and have a live conversation with the people behind it. In […]
In 2021, California made the largest public investment in history in OER and Zero Textbook Cost degrees with a $115M grant program. Beginning in 2022, all California Community Colleges received funds to develop and implement ZTC pathways. As of 2024, colleges are developing hundreds of ZTC pathways to transform the student experience in the country’s […]
Join us for another live webcast demo! Paul Hibbitts will show and then guide us through a hands on experience using Docsify-This. An open tool for instantly turning online markdown files into web pages, Docsify-This lowers the barriers to Markdown open publishing. By providing a low-barrier, flexible, and open-source solution, Docsify-This significantly increases the ability […]
In this live session we welcome representatives from Frontiers for Young Minds, a platform where young students peer review papers by top scientists to publish openly licensed articles that share science research in an approachable format for all ages. Frontiers for Young Minds was recognized with a 2024 Open Education Awards as a Significant Impact […]
In this premiere of the Conference of the Air concept to broadcast portions of the Nov 13-15 OEGlobal 2024 Conference Alan Levine is bringing to studio our colleagues from Reclaim Hosting, who manage the DS106 internet radio station — Jim Groom, Maren Deepwell, and Taylor Jardin. Like old fashioned radio, there is always something on […]
Within weeks this year are two long-running open education events: the Open Education Conference (October 8-10, Providence, USA, and hybrid/online) and the Open Education Global Conference (November 13-15, Brisbane, Australia, and online AND conference approach). This conversation includes representatives from the planners of each conference many of whom are participants in both events. What unfolds […]
The OER World Map started in 2014 as a data collection effort to annotate the globe with organizations, people, projects, events, resources, all related to Open Educational Resources. The project went offline a few years ago but has returned under the leadership and development of OERInfo. For another in our exciting of live demos, you […]
One limiting factor in large-scale adoption of OER is the absence of comparable free or low-cost homework platforms to complement existing and developing OER textbooks. This live demonstration will let you see first hand how LibreTexts is aiming to remove this barrier by building and expanding the open-source ADAPT homework system – a central component […]
Join us for the inaugural OER Under the Hood session presented by OEGlobal and Pressbooks. In this series we’ll explore what goes into creating unique, engaging open learning materials by going “under the hood” of various projects. In our first session we’ll hear from Terry Greene about his My Learning Journey: An Ebook of One’s […]
The Pressbooks sports car is driving to Australia, where we will open the hood on two OERs that were designed to support hands-on learning activities that take place away from the screens. Diagnosis: a Medical Education Game from the University of Newcastle provides the resources for a board game designed to help medical students build and […]
In this session of the OER Under the Hood webinar series, Pressbooks is teaming up with the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER), to explore how open educational resources can be used to support hands-on, career-focused learning in vocational and technical fields. Our featured project will be Introduction to Welding, a richly illustrated open textbook developed […]
The OEGlobal Tour’s first day sets off on an exciting expedition through the landmarks, landscapes, and local flavors of open education across the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. Hop on board to experience informative panel discussions and inspiring snapshots that chart the Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions of Open Education across these vast and diverse […]