OER Policy Organizations
- ISKME Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
- William & Flora Hewlett Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world. The Education Program makes grants to help educators, schools and communities turn schools into places that empower and equip every student for a lifetime of learning, and to expand access to open educational resources.
- Student PIRGs A national grassroots movement dedicated to influencing education policy and practices through advocacy of open textbooks and affordability measures.
- CCCOER Community College Consortium for OER is a growing consortium of community and technical colleges committed to expanding access to education and increasing student success through adoption of open educational policy, practices, and resources. We provide a community and resources to learn about the evolving practice of open education.
- OPEN The Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN) provides free support and technical assistance to all grantees of the $2 billion Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College & Career Training (TAACCCT) grant program from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Video Series and Webinars
- Open Education Network YouTube ChannelThe Open Education Network is an alliance of higher education institutions and consortia working to improve access, affordability and academic success through the use of open education resources and practices. The channel includes recordings of workshops, webinars, and online summit meetings.
- An Introduction to Open Educational ResourcesThis videos in this channel are intended to assist college professors interested in OER learn how to incorporate them into courses.
- BCCampus YouTube channelBCcampus supports the work of the B.C. post-secondary system in the areas of teaching, learning, educational technology and open education. This involves the coordination of collaborative projects that span across multiple institutions, introducing and supporting innovations about the ways in which people learn, and helping institutions evaluate and develop good practice in the use of technology for learning.
- Open Education Global YouTube channelOpen Education Global is a member-based, global, non-profit supporting the development and use of open education around the world
- CCCOER WebinarsCalendar of webinars hosted by CCCOER including recordings and handouts of past events.
- Pressbooks Training WebinarsPressbooks offers live webinars every month for faculty and librarians from subscribing institutions to learn more about their creative options through this system. Baylor has an institutional subscription to Pressbooks.
- Choice Webinars: OA and OERExplore the Archives: Breaking down new OA policies, course affordability options, and incorporating open resources into collections.
- Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) YouTube channelThe Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of digital information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. Some 200 institutions representing higher education, publishing, information technology, scholarly and professional organizations, foundations, and libraries and library organizations make up CNI's members. Semi-annual membership meetings bring together representatives of CNI's constituencies to discuss new and ongoing projects and explore future initiatives. Open Education, OER, and Open Textbooks are included in their project focus.
National and International Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars
- Open Texas ConferenceThe Texas Digital Library (TDL), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), and the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex) jointly organize the annual Open Texas conference to convene librarians, faculty, administrators, and other open education practitioners and advocates in Texas.
- Open Education ConferenceThe Open Education Conference is an annual convening for sharing and learning about open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open education initiatives. This dynamic gathering celebrates the core values of open education that strive to realize education ecosystems that are accessible, affordable, equitable and inclusive to everyone, regardless of their background.
- UNT Annual Open Access SymposiaSince 2010, UNT has sponsored an annual symposium on topics relevant to Open Access initiatives. You can find information about both upcoming and past events, including information on our speakers and archival presentations here.
- Open Oregon OERInstructional materials and information about the webinars, Open Education Week activities, and the annual conference.
Past Events - access recordings and shared files where available
- Creator Fest: OERTX EditionFebruary 17-18, 2022: A collaboration between OpenStax & Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Registration for this free event opens January 18, 2022 at https://creatorfest2022.eventbrite.com/
