December 2021 Newsletter
My name is Josh Franco and I am serving as the college’s Open Educational Resources Liaison (OERL) this academic year.
One of my responsibilities is to share monthly communications from the ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) with faculty, staff, students, and administrators. Below are three announcements related to OER for the month of December.
Cuyamaca College’s OER webpage
Please visit and bookmark the college’s Open Education Resources webpage. The webpage defines OER, explains why OER is important, list examples of OER, links to OER resources, and shares ways I can help you with OER, as the college’s Liaison.
ASCCC OERI Wants You
The ASCCC OERI is still seeking faculty for various roles. While faculty with OER experience are preferred, we are prepared to support faculty who are new to OER and interested in playing a leadership role.
Discipline Leads (December 2020 – January 2021)
The OERI is recruiting discipline leads for the following disciplines. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Discipline leads are initially tasked with identifying the OER available for their discipline. If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact the ASCCC OERI Faculty Coordinator, Michelle Pilati.
- Addiction Studies (courses in programs designed to train students to become alcohol and other drug counselors, see C-ID ADS descriptors)
- Business Office Technologies (find the C-ID BSOT descriptors under Office Technology/Business Information Worker)
- Geology
- Information Technology Information Services
- Nursing
- Physics
- Public Health Science
ASCCC OERI-Facilitated Work
The ASCCC OERI is recruiting faculty in the disciplines below for OER work to be initiated before the end of the term and continuing into the new year. If you are interested, please submit an application as soon as possible. A planning meeting will be scheduled with interested faculty to discuss the scope of the work and the timeline.
- Communication Studies (C-ID COMM 130, Interpersonal Communication)
- English as a Second Language (focus TBD)
- Nursing (focus TBD)
- Psychology (C-ID PSY 150, Introduction to Biological Psychology)
Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
OER Reviewers and Disciplines Leads for Spring 2021
In addition, we are currently seeking faculty to review OER in a long list of disciplines and Discipline Leads for Spring 2021. If you are interested in any of these opportunities – or in OER work more generally – please submit an application. If your discipline is one that we are not currently focusing on, your application lets us know not only that you are interested, but that faculty in your discipline are interested.
Additional information about the Discipline Lead role is available on the application page.
OERI Weekly Webinars – December 2020
During the Fall 2020 term, our OERI Weekly Webinars are scheduled for Fridays at 3:00 pm.
OERI Webinars are intended for a diverse audience. We hope you will all join us! Please share with your colleagues.
Friday, December 4, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM: OER and Anthropology
Which OER are available for anthropology courses and in use at California community colleges and other colleges/universities? Join us for a panel discussion with the editors of new OER textbooks for cultural anthropology, biological anthropology (lecture and lab), archaeology, gender, and magic/witchcraft/religion. In this presentation, you will learn about the available resources and share your anthropology OER feedback and needs.
Register for OER and Anthropology
Friday, December 11, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: When Open Meets Online
Merging the principles of open pedagogy and effective online course design increases the efficacy of each. The principles of online course design can be used to embed Open Educational Resources (OER) seamlessly into your classes and open teaching practices provide a framework for developing enduring and engaging course assignments. Join us to learn how to take your teaching to the next level by blending open and online.