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Out of the Classroom and into the Open: Depositing Your OER to CUNY Academic Works

Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 

Time: 2–3pm 

Now that the end of the year is approaching and our faculty have had the chance to test out their OER in the classroom, it’s the perfect time to deposit these materials to CUNY Academic Works and ensure their impact beyond the semester. By disseminating OER via Academic Works, we enable teachers and students to use, reuse, adapt, remix, and redistribute these materials. Sharing is an essential step in the process of OER creation and allows these materials to reach their fullest pedagogical potential.

This hands-on workshop will guide you through the practical steps involved in submitting OER to Academic Works. We’ll discuss how components like Creative Commons licenses and funding statements apply to OERs and where all this information should go in the submission form. We’ll also explore the benefits of sharing OER via Academic Works and touch on other open platforms at CUNY. By the end of this hour-long workshop, you will have learned how to deposit OER to Academic Works and why it’s important.

Please consider attending if you are . . . 

• A campus OER representative or CUNY Academic Works administrator 
• A faculty member or instructor who has created an OER or is interested in learning more about these materials

Those who plan to attend should create an account in CUNY Academic Works prior to the workshop. Participants who would like to submit their work in real time are encouraged to have an OER ready so that we can go through the submission process together. Please note that it is not necessary to have created an OER to attend this workshop.

Openly licensed workshop materials and a recording of the presentation will be made available to all who register for the event. 

Register for the workshop through this Zoom meeting link

Please feel free to contact Jahanara Alamgir, Scholarly Communications Adjunct at the CUNY Office of Library Services, at jahanara.alamgir@cuny.edu with any questions.