Author: Victoria Koger

Finding the right OER for courses can be daunting for faculty. The workshop, “Beyond the Basics: Finding, Evaluating and Adopting OER,” will review the best places to begin searching for OER textbooks, assignments, lectures and other materials. Join the workshop at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 via Zoom.

It will also cover how to evaluate OER to make sure it’s a good fit for students and the institution. Since planning time is precious, participants will be encouraged to practice searching and evaluating during the workshop to make the best use of their time.

This event is open to all Kansas faculty. For more information, email Victoria Koger at victoria.koger@wichita.edu.

Registration is open for the first state-wide virtual Kansas Open Education Resources (OER) Summit 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 16 and 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 17. Admission for this event is free.

The summit will provide sessions that allow participants to learn more and share ideas about OER, open pedagogy and other open education initiatives. The summit also allows participants to collaborate with their Kansas colleagues in discussions and workshops about different topics and discipline areas to obtain more insight on how they can utilize open education in their institutions or classrooms.

The Kansas OER summit is supported by the Kansas Board of Regents and Midwestern Higher Education Compacy (MHEC). Registration is required to attend.