[Openbcit] FW: Ten OER Degree and Adoption Showcases next Wednesday!

Hi everyone, And this webinar also sounds really interesting – especially for us to learn about ZCred degrees and what other institutions are doing. As they say, you don’t have to attend the entire webinar… but consider attending for an hour or so. Cheers, Rosario [image002] Rosario Passos, Instructional Development Consultant Learning and Teaching Centre, BCIT www.bcit.ca/ltc<../../../../../../All_Work_Data/www.bcit.ca/ltc> 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 456 1266 [Tagline] Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:cccoer-advisory@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Liz Yata Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 6:20 AM To: cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com &lt;cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com&gt; &lt;cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com&gt; Subject: Ten OER Degree and Adoption Showcases next Wednesday! Dear CCCOER Community, Next week is Open Education Week! To celebrate, CCCOER is hosting an OER Adoption showcase next Wednesday. We will hear from ten different community colleges from seven states who have developed OER Degree or OER Adoption Programs that have significantly impacted their students access to instructional materials and given faculty the freedom to customize their instructional materials to better meet the needs of their students. When: Wednesday, March 7th 12 pm EST – 5 pm EST Where: Online registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/749dc345d1d68a867c24e00bf0acd2b8 You do not have to attend the entire webinar! However, we only have one registration link, so please register for the entire webinar and use the link in the confirmation email to join us for as many or as few sections as you want. See the schedule below and at https://www.cccoer.org/webinar/oeweek-ten-oer-degree-and-adoption-showcases… This webinar will be recorded and posted on our website afterward. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Liz ~~~~~~~ Liz Yata CCCOER Support Specialist Open Education Consortium lizyata@oeconsortium.org<mailto:lizyata@oeconsortium.org> ​ 12:00 PM ET Pima Community College Pima Community College is an Achieving the Dream OER Degree grantee who has developed an entire OER pathway for their students. 12:30 PM ET Houston Community College Houston Community College is developing a Zero-Cost degree program to expand access to education for their students. 1:00 PM ET Tidewater Community College Tidewater Community College was the first college to develop a “Z-Degree” in business starting in 2013 and became an Achieving the Dream OER Degree grantee. 1:30 PM ET Maricopa Millions Maricopa Millions is the 5-year program launched by the Maricopa Community Colleges to save students $5 Million in 5 years. Completing its fifth year this spring, it has saved students more than double that amount by encouraging faculty adoption of OER. 2:00 PM ET Salt Lake Community College (Open SLCC) Salt Lake Community College has been working on OER adoption since 2014 to provide students a cost-effective alternative to traditional textbooks. Their goal of saving students $5 million in five years will be achieved in 2018. 2:30 PM ET Lansing Community College Lansing Community College launched their first OER Initiative in 2015. Lead by their library, they have received funding this fall to engage faculty in OER development. 3:00 PM ET Austin Community College Austin Community College is the lead college for Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Texas Consortium. They have developed an entire OER degree pathway for their students. 3:30 PM ET Central Virginia Community College Central Virginia Community College is a member college of Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Virginia Consortium. They are developing multiple OER degree pathways to better serve their underrepresented students. 4:00 PM ET California Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree The California Zero Textbook Cost Degree is funding 23 colleges to develop zero-textbook-cost degrees to expand access to instructional materials for students. 4:30 PM ET Ivy Tech Community College Ivy Tech Community College is developing an OER Degree for transfer to expand access to instructional materials and improve learning outcomes for students. ​ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCCOER Advisory" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cccoer-advisory+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com<mailto:cccoer-advisory+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.