NEWS

• WA CTC data on OER cost savings
  Thank you so much for your incredible support in this work. Many of you have responded with valuable data which we’ve compiled and developed into a short report. Please note that, it does NOT illustrate all OER use in our system and therefore does NOT offer any large-scale cost-saving data. Rather, it is a summary of the ...
• November 2018 OER 101 Training
  SBCTC Educational Technology & Open Education again invites you and your faculty to participate in our How to Use OER training that begins on Monday, November 5, 2018. This two-week course is fully online and asynchronous, providing participants with information and experience in adopting and integrating open educational resources (OER) into their pedagogy. In addition to discussing ...
• The U.S. DOE and DOL going OPEN
  U.S. Department of Education Announces #GoOpen On October 29, 2015 the U.S. Department of Education announced the launch of #GoOpen, a campaign to encourage states, school districts and educators to use openly licensed educational materials. U.S. Department of Labor adopts CC BY licensing policy department-wide The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently adopted a department-wide Creative Commons Attribution ...
• Two New Modules added to Learn OER
    Two new modules have been added to Learn OER. Sharing OER provides guidelines in releasing your work as an OER and choosing a right repository. Accessibility provides web accessibility tips and advice in developing OER. You can access this content via Accessibility tab on the main menu bar.  
• OER Policy Video Series Released
  Everyone talks about OER Policy, but what does it mean? What do OER policies look like in practice? How do they impact OER initiatives? How does our government and our world perceive Open policy? SBCTC invites you on a journey, one where you will explore different paths, each one reflecting on these questions through interviews with ...
• Open Research Award for Open Education Excellence
  WA CTC system’s new OER report, Qualitative Investigation of Faculty Open Educational Resource Usage in the Washington Community and Technical College System: Models for Support and Implementation has been awarded the 2015 Open Research Award for Open Education Excellence, presented by Open Education Consortium. To see an official announcement, please visit the Open Education Consortium website. We ...
• Open Licensing & Copyright FAQ Published
  We have compiled some of the most frequently received inquiries during the past 2 years of SBCTC’s How to Use OER trainings. http://www.openwa.org/faq   We will continue to update this list. Please feel free to contact us with any issues you think need to be added/discussed in this document. Many faculty inspired us to develop this list. ...
• 2016 New Open Washington Launched
  SBCTC is proud to announce the launch of Open Washington (yes, this site!), an OER network for Washington Community and Technical Colleges. The website was redesigned from the ground up with extensive input from experts in web accessibility and universal design. Five brand-new features have been added including Accessibility with OER, OER Policy Videos, Open Attribution ...
• OER News
  One of the best to ways to stay in touch with interesting new developments in OER is by subscribing to the OpenWA Listserv. This News page offers the highlights. Please share via the social media buttons at the bottom of each page.