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CARLI OER Continuing Education

Past CARLI OER Programs

All CARLI programs are online/virtual. Registration is required.

NEW!! CARLI Open Education Week Information! March 4-8, 2024.

  • Recording available soon! Key Findings and Student Reflections from the "Illinois Course Materials Survey: Student Perspective. CARLI staff will be joined by a student panel reflecting on these results.

Get to Know the New, Upcoming Illinois SCOERs Open Educational Resources 

A series of programs highlighting the upcoming publications of Illinois SCOERs Round Two and Three awardees. The Illinois SCOERs awards are made possible because of a generous grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the United States Department of Education's Open Textbook Pilot Program.

OER Community Chats

Discussion Points & Notes Available 2023-2024 Community Chats

  • September 11, 2023: Setting and Sharing Our FY24 Goals
  • October 16, 2023: OER Rubrics: Answering the Faculty Question "Are OERs Peer Reviewed?"
  • November 13, 2023: OER Sustainability and Burnout
  • December 13, 2023: Local Programming
  • February 15, 2024: Dealing with Setbacks
  • April 9, 2024: Open Pedagogy for DEI
  • May 7, 2024, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.: Lessons Learned

Open Pedagogy Workshop

  • Not currently scheduled. When offered, the CARLI OER Committee invites members to share with their teaching faculty this opportunity to learn more about Open Pedagogy. When you use open pedagogy in your classroom, you are inviting students to be part of the teaching process, participating in the co-creation of knowledge. In this online workshop, you will learn the definition and context of Open Pedagogy, view innovative examples being applied in a variety of subjects and formats, and work with other attendees to create an assignment that you can use in your own class. 

OER Course: Understanding and Promoting Open Educational Resources

OER Faculty Workshop: Supporting Academic Success: Open Educational Resources and Equitable Course Materials

  • Not currently scheduled.

Illinois Secretary of State/Illinois State Library OER Grant Program

Although no additional information sessions are scheduled, here's a recording of a session. CARLI offers OER Grants Office Hours to answer questions about the Illinois SCOERs and the Illinois State Library OER Grant programs. These are every Wednesday from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., central time. All can be found on the CARLI calendar. No registration is required.

Illinois SCOERs

CARLI and the Illinois Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources (SCOERs) team are pleased to announce a series of workshops related to the creation of OER. These workshops are designed to build expertise in our member libraries in the areas of Instructional Design, Accessibility, Copyright and Creative Commons, and 3D Printing. This training series is made possible through generous funding from FIPSE and the U.S. Department of Education.

These workshops are open to all CARLI Members and their faculty and staff. Recordings are available from the Illinois SCOERs Workshop page.

  • Illinois SCOERs: Print Your First 3D Object - Last held: September 5, 2023
  • Illinois SCOERs: Introduction to Instructional Design Concepts - Last held: September 7, 2023
  • Illinois SCOERs: Instructional Design and Open Educational Resources - Last held September 14, 2023
  • Illinois SCOERs: Creating H5P Interactions - Last held September 21, 2023
  • Illinois SCOERs: What is Accessibility and Why is it Important? - Last held September 21, 2023
  • Illinois SCOERs: Incorporating Accessibility into your OER Project - Last held September 28, 2023
  • Illinois SCOERs: Review of 3D Printing So Far - Last held September 26, 2023
  • Illinois SCOERs: Copyright Basics and Creative Commons Licensing - Last held November 23, 2023
  • Illinois SCOERs: Permissions and Fair Use - Last held December 5, 2023

OER Programs Offered by Other Organizations

This is not a comprehensive list. Programs may charge a fee.

OpenCon Ohio 2024 (VIRTUAL)

  • May 17, 2024 - A virtual conference with with asynchronous activities earlier in the week. OpenCon Ohio's theme this year will be Innovations in Open Education. Topics could include AI in Open Education, Student Engagement, Affordable Learning, Open Authoring, Promoting and Authoring of OERs, Publisher and Bookstore Relations, but other topics are welcome. Free registration is now available.

Florida OER Summit 2024 (Virtual)

  • May 23-24, 2024 - A free virtual event. Explore existing trends, look towards innovative directions, and discover how OER positively impacts students, faculty, and institutions. The theme of this year's Summit is "Innovations and Trends." Free registration is now available.

Open Education Conference (Hybrid)

  • October 8-10, 2024 - The theme of the 2024 Open Education Conference is “It’s About Time.”  The in-person location is Providence, Rhode Island (USA). Earlybird virtual registration fee is $75. Earlybird in-person registration fee is $450. Registration is not yet available.