Faculty often assume that their course is more equitable when they adopt affordable materials, and it is true that affordable materials remove a significant barrier to success. However, an open license does not ensure that the course materials or course design are inclusive of the diverse students in our classrooms. Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian at Portland Community College, discusses her design of the Equity and Open Education Faculty Cohort professional development course.

https://openoregon.org/equity-faculty-panel/

Part of Open Education Week 2022 webinar series. In this presentation, Dr. Maha Bali shares different perspectives on the design and practice of open education that promotes social justice. Dr. Bali encourages participants to reflect on their own educational practices and to evaluate the assumption that openness inherently promotes social justice. Participants collaboratively explore how to strengthen the social justice orientation of open course materials and practices in order to promote social justice for diverse communities and groups.

https://openoregon.org/archived-webinar-towards-openness-that-promotes-social-justice-with-maha-bali/ 

Christy VanRooyen, Program Director for the Environmental Science Program at Oregon Tech, facilitates a panel of Oregon faculty members who included their open education work in promotion and tenure dossiers. Panelists share their thoughts on successfully integrating open education into their promotion and tenure packages.

https://openoregon.org/archived-webinar-faculty-panel-on-oer-in-promotion-and-tenure/ 

Join Sue Kunda, a Copyright First Responder, for “Creative Commons Licenses Deconstructed”, where she answers the following questions:

• What are Creative Commons (CC) licenses?
• How do CC licenses work with copyright?
• How do you attach a CC license to your work?
• How do you attribute others’ CC licensed material in your work?
• Where can you find CC licensed material?

https://openoregon.org/archived-webinar-creative-commons-licenses-deconstructed/

Open Educational Resources (OER) are a powerful tool for improving college affordability and widening access to knowledge. In this presentation, Robin introduces the cost-saving potential of OER, but also expands into a broader discussion of how open tools and practices can transform pedagogy and contribute to student success.

https://openoregon.org/archived-webinar-imagining-an-open-future-with-robin-derosa/

Presented by Cara Lee and Jess Brooks from Portland Community College, this interactive presentation will share concrete examples of diverse representation in a math class for liberal arts using open educational resources (OER), including biographies, names, pronouns and racial context. While the examples were designed for a math class, these tactics can be applied to any subject area.

https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_b2jg4i1k 

• Math in Society Specific: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1uiTM7DB9dKT8riZARSqLK0IV7yPgQXPYz99khMcqXx4/viewer
• Culturally Responsive Materials: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1favwrhcdbDww7VpCupQ2ABKc65GPvCxup7N6ncN_mTU/viewer?f=0

Students are often at the center of what motivates faculty and institutions to dedicate resources to promote open education and affordable textbooks. A panel of Oregon community college and university students shared their experiences and advice regarding textbook choices, facilitated by Maggie Gates, Oregon Student Association Legislative Director. Maggie was joined by panelists Rebekah Kenney, Southern Oregon University; Elizabeth Braatz, Western Oregon University; and Dylan DeLoe, Blue Mountain Community College.

https://openoregon.org/archived-webinar-student-panel/