Events & Professional Development
Calendar of Events
april 23
Humanities Open Educational Resources (OER) for Introductory and Survey Courses
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Join ASCCC-OERI for a chat about available OER for the humanities discipline and what
humanities faculty would like to see in OER texts for general introductory and survey
courses.
april 27
Hear It First: Early Findings from the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degree Feasibility
Study
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Join ASCCC-OERI to get a preliminary look at findings from the Irvine Valley College
ZTC Degree Feasibility Study. In this webinar, we will share the preliminary data,
including charts, early triangulated themes, and powerful student quotes. The study
is still underway, so it’s not too late to participate, and colleges that distribute
the survey will receive the full dataset when the study is complete.
april 29
Let’s Talk About Developing Journalism Open Educational Resources (OER) for Publication
Classes
11:00 am -12:o0 pm
Your journalism program likely produces a publication, but do you have the necessary
curriculum and educational resources to support it? And are those resources free to
students? In this conversation, we will share a list of existing journalism OER and
explore what resources we may need to create that are relevant, free, and accessible.
Bring your suggestions and challenges, and together we can find the answers.
april 29
Making Affordability Visible: Marketing Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero
Textbook Cost (ZTC) in Dual Enrollment Programs
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Dual enrollment can be a student’s first college experience. Ensuring that this significant
opportunity is clearly communicated is essential to expanding access. This webinar
focuses on how colleges can highlight ZTC and OER options as a key benefit of their
dual enrollment programs.
april 29
Business Open Educational Resources (OER) and Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
In this webinar, ASCCC-OERI will discuss how faculty are leveraging OER and AI to
expand access, reduce costs, and support innovative teaching in business classes.
We will also explore practical strategies faculty are using to integrate OER and AI
tools to enhance course design, improve student engagement, and promote more equitable
learning experiences.
april 30
Using Free Resources to Fill Open Educational Resource (OER) Gaps in Economics
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Establishing zero textbook cost sections of economics courses may require the use
of resources that are freely available for student use, but may not be OER. What free
resources are available to address homework system, graphing technology, and specialized
and/or real-world economics module needs? Join us to learn more.
MAY 1
2026 ZTC Summit
9:00 AM-2:30 pm
College of the Canyons (Santa Clarita, CA)
ZTC funding available for faculty to cover mileage, lodging, registration, and food/incidental
per diems.
Contact the ZTC Grant Coordinator, James Coon if you are interested in attending (james.coon@hancockcollege.edu)
May 15
Advancing Open Education Together: An Intersegmental OER Summit
8:30 am-3:00 pm
UC Irvine, Irvine, CA.
Registration Fee: $25.00
Join regional colleagues from across California’s higher education systems for a day-long
convening focused on advancing open educational resources (OER) through collaboration,
shared learning, and strategic dialogue. Participants from the University of California,
California State University, and California Community Colleges will come together
to hear system-level updates, highlight local successes and ongoing challenges, and
explore emerging issues shaping the future of open education. The event will also
examine the evolving intersection of OER and artificial intelligence and provide space
for discussion around regional partnerships and cross-system collaboration. Through
conversation and knowledge-sharing, this gathering aims to strengthen the statewide
open education community and identify opportunities to expand equitable access to
learning materials for students.
Contact the ZTC Coordinator, James Coon, if you are interested in attending!
July 29-31
CAL OER Virtual Conference
Registration Fee: $25.00
Cal OER will focus on OER efforts and impact, broadly defined, across the state of
California and especially across the state’s three public higher education systems,
the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University
of California. The theme for the 2026 conference is Exploring the Open Frontier: AI and Emerging Technologies in OER.
Contact the ZTC Coordinator, James Coon, if you are interested in attending!
August 14
Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems Regional Meeting-South
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
G-106 A & B
This workshop will showcase LibreTexts, the LibreTexts Remixer, and the ADAPT Open Homework System.
The OERI, in collaboration with Allan Hancock College, is pleased to announce a professional development opportunity for those who intend
to remix open educational resources in the LibreTexts platform and create openly-licensed assessments - and those who support such work.
Attendees of this in-person event at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, CA will
be introduced to - and actively interact with - LibreTexts, the LibreTexts Remixer,
and the ADAPT Open Homework System.
FREE FOR AHC FACULTY! SIGN UP TODAY!