Past Events

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ASCCC OERI: LibreTexts Workshop - South December 3, 2022 09:00:00 AM - December 3, 2022 03:00:00 PM College of the Canyons, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road	This workshop will showcase the ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab as free homework assessment platforms for all California instructors and students. We will demonstrate how instructors can use ADAPT to augment existing and newly constructed OER textbooks with summative exercises and embed them in Canvas and LibreTexts textbooks. Discussions will demonstrate how the ADAPT homework system (https://ADAPT.libretexts.org) empowers faculty to build and use existing questions in multiple modalities: (1) formative vs. summative, (2) autograded vs. open… more This workshop will showcase the ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms.
ASCCC OERI: DL Conversation - Kinesiology Open Educational Resources (OER) – Let’s get moving! December 2, 2022 12:30:00 PM
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Lead Webinar - Creating Summative Assessments with H5P and ADAPT December 2, 2022 11:30:00 AM
ASCCC OERI Webinar: Becoming a Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) College December 2, 2022 10:30:30 AM
ASCCC OERI: LibreTexts Workshop - South December 2, 2022 09:00:00 AM - December 2, 2022 03:00:00 PM San Diego City College, 1313 Park Boulevard	This workshop will showcase the ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab as free homework assessment platforms for all California instructors and students. We will demonstrate how instructors can use ADAPT to augment existing and newly constructed OER textbooks with summative exercises and embed them in Canvas and LibreTexts textbooks. Discussions will demonstrate how the ADAPT homework system (https://ADAPT.libretexts.org) empowers faculty to build and use existing questions in multiple modalities: (1) formative vs. summative, (2) autograded vs. open… more This workshop will showcase the ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms.
Executive Committee Meeting December 1, 2022 10:00:00 AM - December 2, 2022 03:00:00 PM The Westgate Hotel, 1055 2nd Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Understanding the Brown Act and Recent Legislation November 28, 2022 02:00:00 PM	Understanding the Brown Act and Recent Legislation Date: November 28th, 2022 Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Register for the Webinar! Academic Senates have the opportunity to promote transparency and inclusion by complying with the Brown Open Meeting Act, as well as a legal obligation to do so. Actions taken by the Governor and legislature during the pandemic enabled remote meetings. The latest bill focused on open meetings, AB 2449 (Rubio, 2022), was signed into law in September and will take effect January 1, 2023. Its provisions impact the Brown Open Meeting Act, and interact with the pre-pandemic version of the Brown Act as well as AB 361 (Rivas, 2021). Join the chairs of the ASCCC Legislation and Advocacy and ASCCC Standards and Practices Committees for a webinar focused on helping local senate leaders understand the basics of each bill, how the bills interact with provisions of the Brown Open Meeting Act, and whether remote or hybrid meetings will be possible in the spring. This webinar will be recorded.
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Conversation - Free Resources That Aren’t Textbooks: Classic Works and Other Tools for Teaching Philosophy November 21, 2022 03:00:00 PM	Free Resources That Aren’t Textbooks: Classic Works and Other Tools for Teaching Philosophy Monday, November 21, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Register for Free Resources That Aren’t Textbooks: Classic Works and Other Tools for Teaching Philosophy In this conversation, we will share and discuss what non-textbook materials, such as classic works that are in the public domain, free videos, and logic tools, are available to supplement the adoption and use of OER textbooks in philosophy. Please come with questions, concerns, and suggestions.
ASCCC OERI: LibreTexts Workshop - North November 19, 2022 09:00:00 AM - November 19, 2022 03:00:00 PM Chabot College, 25555 Hesperian Blvd	This workshop will showcase the ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab as free homework assessment platforms for all California instructors and students. We will demonstrate how instructors can use ADAPT to augment existing and newly constructed OER textbooks with summative exercises and embed them in Canvas and LibreTexts textbooks. Discussions will demonstrate how the ADAPT homework system (https://ADAPT.libretexts.org) empowers faculty to build and use existing questions in multiple modalities: (1) formative vs. summative, (2) autograded vs. open… more This workshop will showcase the ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms.
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Conversation - Geography Open Educational Resources (OER) Review and Needs Assessment November 18, 2022 11:30:00 AM	Geography Open Educational Resources (OER) Review and Needs Assessment Friday, November 18, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Register for Geography Open Educational Resources (OER) Review and Needs Assessment Join us to discuss the status of Geography OER, identify existing gaps, and determine what is needed for the future. All ideas and comments are welcome.
ASCCC OERI Webinar: The Role of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy in Equitable Assessment November 18, 2022 10:30:00 AM	The Role of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy in Equitable Assessment Friday, November 18, 10:30 am – 11:30 am Register for The Role of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy in Equitable Assessment In this webinar, three college faculty will describe their journey toward more equitable grading practices by implementing principles of ungrading and standards/skill-based grading while using OER. The aim is not to present a one-size-fits-all approach. Rather, each instructor will outline what they discovered was the best application for their own unique course structures while also establishing the necessity of using OER and exploring open pedagogy.
ASCCC OERI: LibreTexts Workshop - North November 18, 2022 09:00:00 AM - November 18, 2022 03:00:00 PM Folsom Lake College, 10 College Pkwy	This workshop will showcase the ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab as free homework assessment platforms for all California instructors and students. We will demonstrate how instructors can use ADAPT to augment existing and newly constructed OER textbooks with summative exercises and embed them in Canvas and LibreTexts textbooks. Discussions will demonstrate how the ADAPT homework system (https://ADAPT.libretexts.org) empowers faculty to build and use existing questions in multiple modalities: (1) formative vs. summative, (2) autograded vs. open… more This workshop will showcase the ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms.
ASCCC OERI - Discipline Conversation: Open Educational Resources (OER) and Sociology – What Do We Want to See? November 18, 2022 09:00:00 AM	Open Educational Resources (OER) and Sociology – What Do We Want to See? Friday, November 18, 9:00 am – 10:00 am Register for Open Educational Resources (OER) and Sociology – What Do We Want to See? As sociology faculty, what OER are you using, what OER would you like to see, and what is needed to entice more sociology faculty to adopt OER? What can the OERI do for you? Please join this wide-ranging conversation about all things sociology and OER. Please come with questions, concerns, suggestions, or simply curiosity.
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Conversation - Lessons from the Chemistry OERI Faculty Survey November 17, 2022 03:30:00 PM	Discipline Conversation: Lessons from the Chemistry OERI Faculty Survey Thursday, November 17, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Register for Discipline Conversation: Lessons from the Chemistry OERI Faculty Survey In the past few years, the availability and quality of open educational resources in chemistry has changed dramatically. In this conversation, the results of a survey of college faculty in California regarding current adoptions and remaining barriers to OER adoption in chemistry courses will be shared. Participants will generate and consider ideas for creating more opportunities to improve student engagement and outcomes through OER.
OER Basics Part II: Licensing and Accessibility – Using Open Educational Resources (OER) and Ensuring OER are Usable November 17, 2022 02:00:00 PM	OER Basics Part II: Licensing and Accessibility – Using Open Educational Resources (OER) and Ensuring OER are Usable Thursday, November 17, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Register for OER Basics Part II: Licensing and Accessibility – Using Open Educational Resources (OER) and Ensuring OER are Usable Understanding Creative Commons licensing is critical when creating OER and accessibility is always important when developing content. In this interactive webinar we’ll explore the nuances of the various Creative Commons licenses, discuss when resources can be mixed, and explain the difference between a remix and a collection. We will also share the OERI’s Accessibility Checklist. The Checklist was created to ensure that OER developers are addressing accessibility fundamentals during the development process. Ample time will be provided for questions and discussion.
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Webinar - Advanced Training in MyOpenMath November 17, 2022 10:30:00 AM	Advanced Training in MyOpenMath Thursday, November 17, 10:00 am – 11:00 am Register for Advanced Training in MyOpenMath While MyOpenMath (MOM) has many course-specific resources to choose from, faculty often want to customize these resources for their own department’s needs. In this webinar, we will explore how to author MOM questions, modify existing questions, and investigate the many available settings for assignments. We will also look at questions involving graphs and equations, as well as reflect on how to provide personalized feedback to students’ answers.
Accreditation Coffee-Break November 16, 2022 03:00:00 PM , November 17, 2022 04:00:00 PM	Accreditation Coffee-Break Date and Time: November 16th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm November 17th, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Register for November 16th Register for November 17th This Fall 2022, the ASCCC Accreditation Committee will facilitate a virtual space for faculty to dialogue and reflect on the Accreditation process, the faculty role in accreditation, the Accreditation Standards (Evolution of the Standards), how faculty see themselves and what they do in the Standards, and how local senates can assist in the institutionalization of processes that are supported by current Accreditation Standards.
Infusing DEI in the Curriculum: Model Principle and Practices November 15, 2022 12:30:00 PM	Register for the Webinar! Infusing DEI in the Curriculum: Model Principle and Practices Date: Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 Time: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm In the fall of 2021, the California Community College Curriculum Committee (5C) established the DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) in Curriculum implementation in order to develop a resource by which to guide the field and make recommendations on how to support the implementation of culturally relevant and responsive curriculum at local levels. To that end, the workgroup created the “DEI in Curriculum: Model Principles and Practices” framework. Join us as we review the toolkit and learn how to use it to infuse IDEAA (inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and accessibility) into your curriculum work and learning spaces.
OER Basics Part I: Demystifying, Finding, and Using Open Educational Resources November 10, 2022 02:00:00 PM	OER Basics Part I: Demystifying, Finding, and Using Open Educational Resources Thursday, November 10, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Register for OER Basics Part I: Demystifying, Finding, and Using Open Educational Resources Are you new to Open Educational Resources (OER) or need a refresher? Join us to learn about OER, how to license your own OER, and how to use OER in your courses. There will be opportunities to ask questions on all OER topics throughout the webinar.
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Webinar - What’s new in Early Childhood Education (ECE) Open Educational Resources (OER) November 9, 2022 02:00:00 PM	What’s New in Early Childhood Education (ECE) Open Educational Resources (OER) Wednesday, November 9, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Register for What’s new in Early Childhood Education (ECE) Open Educational Resources (OER) This webinar will provide an overview of the what’s new this year in ECE OER including a deeper dive into brand new Infant and Toddler Development and Care comprehensive resource. Join us to investigate the new and exciting possibilities for ECE OER.
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Webinar - Smarthistory’s Reframing Art History Open Educational Resources (OER) November 9, 2022 01:00:00 PM	Smarthistory’s Reframing Art History Open Educational Resources (OER) Wednesday, November 9, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Register for Smarthistory’s Reframing Art History Open Educational Resources (OER) Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank, Dean of Content and Strategy for Smarthistory, will discuss the new Reframing Art History project, for which she serves as general editor, and will give a behind-the-scenes look at new developments currently underway with this innovative “textbook” project.
Discipline Conversation: Open Education Resources (OER) for Geology November 8, 2022 12:00:00 PM	Tuesday, November 8, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Register for Discipline Conversation: Open Education Resources (OER) for Geology Quality OER is readily available for many geology courses. Some of the existing geology OER were even written specifically for California Community Colleges. Please join this discussion to share and learn information about what you use, what you want, what you like, and what could be improved
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Conversation - Hospitality Management Open Educational Resources (OER) Materials November 4, 2022 01:30:00 PM	Discipline Conversation: Hospitality Management Open Educational Resources (OER) Materials Friday, November 4, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Register for Discipline Conversation: Hospitality Management Open Educational Resources (OER) Materials Join us for a discussion of available OER for hospitality management, how well the OER cover C-ID topics, and how existing gaps may be filled by additional resources. We will also explore what OER are needed for other Hospitality Management TMC/C-ID courses. Come ready to share your ideas and thoughts.
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Webinar - OER for Literature and Creative Writing Show and Tell November 4, 2022 12:30:00 PM	OER for Literature and Creative Writing Show and Tell Friday, November 4, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Register for OER for Literature and Creative Writing Show and Tell Heather Ringo, author of Writing and Critical Thinking through Literature, and Sybil Priebe, author of Write or Left: An OER Textbook for Creative Writing Classes, will share the approaches they’ve taken in shaping and teaching from their texts. Anna Mills will give an overview of other literature and creative writing OER, and participants will be invited to share favorites and suggest improvements and additions.
ASCCC OERI: Discipline Webinar - What’s new in Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER) November 4, 2022 11:30:00 AM	What’s new in Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER) Friday, November 4, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Register for What’s new in Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER) Come and learn about what is new in Spanish OER. During our time together, we will also investigate homework system ideas in LibreStudio (H5P) and ADAPT. Questions and comments are welcomed and encouraged.