The Open Educational Resources team at City Tech Library would like to invite you to learn more about free and open educational resources (OER) and how they can support instruction and student access to course materials in your classes. From the basics of OER to more advanced topics, workshops will be offered over the Spring semester on the following topics:

  • Introduction to Open Educational Resources
    Wednesday, February 19th, 11:00am-12:00pm

    This workshop will provide an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and related topics such copyright, Creative Commons licensing, Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), and where to find free and open materials in your discipline.

    Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
  • OER Accessibility Tune-Up Workshop
    Wednesday March 5th, 11:00am-12:00pm

    Are you refreshing your open course materials for next term? The City Tech OER Team can help you make revisions with a focus on accessibility, ensuring that your OER is useful for the long-term. Topics will include formatting and design considerations for accessibility, as well as OpenLab specific accessibility tips. Bring your teaching materials and any questions you may have to this working hour.

    Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

  • OER and Peer Review Workshop
    Monday, March 24, 2025 from 2:00PM-3:00PM

    In this workshop, we will explain the differences between open and traditional peer review models, share existing examples of review processes for open educational resources, and discuss the needs and wants of faculty as they relate to review of OER.

    Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

  • Introduction to Pressbooks Workshop
    Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from 11:00AM-12:00PM
    with Andrew McKinney, Director of Research and Publishing Strategy, CUNY

    Join the OER Team to learn more about Pressbooks, a digital authoring and publishing platform at CUNY, built on the popular WordPress platform. Pressbooks users can create a book, starting from scratch or importing an existing book. You can also clone a book from the Pressbooks network, to edit and customize to your teaching context.

    Register in advance for this meeting on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Participants are encouraged to bring questions to the sessions; no level of familiarity with OER is required. Workshops will be conducted remotely over Zoom. Part-time faculty who participate will be compensated at their hourly non-teaching adjunct rate for attending.

If you have any questions about these workshops, please contact Joshua Peach at jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu

For questions about other OER initiatives at City Tech, email Anne Leonard at aleonard@citytech.cuny.edu

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