OER Continuing Education

CARLI OER Continuing Education

Past CARLI OER Programs

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

OER Community Chats 

• December 2025, Topic: Engaging Faculty in OER Conversations and Beyond
• March 5, 2026, Topic: Community Chat on Libraries and Student Belonging

OER Course: Understanding and Promoting Open Educational Resources

• January 14-21-28, 2026, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.  - Registration Required

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

The CARLI OER Committee invites members to share with their teaching faculty this opportunity to learn more about Open Educational Resources (OER) and adopting these free materials for your course materials.

• February 19, 2026, 1 - 2:30 p.m. - Registration Required

Professional Development Alliance Webinars

If available, recordings and slides for past programs are found on the CARLI Professional Development Alliance web page by date of program.

Open Pedagogy Workshop

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.

• March 4, 2026, 11:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m. - Registration Required

Open Pedagogy Workshop For Librarians

CARLI OER Committee invites librarians to learn more about Open Pedagogy and sharing information about this with your faculty. Open Pedagogy invites 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 and view innovative examples being applied in a variety of subjects and formats.

• This workshop is not currently scheduled.

Virtual OER meet-ups for Faculty, Instructors, and Librarians

Are you working on open educational resources (OER) or curious about what others are doing in your field? Join us for a lively virtual meet-up designed to spark ideas, share experiences and tips, and explore opportunities for cross-institutional OER partnerships.

These sessions will be all about connection and inspiration. We’ll: 
• Hear about current OER projects in development or use;
• Discuss concerns / problems you have encountered;
• Share tips on possible solutions;
• Discuss areas of interest for future collaboration;
• Create space for teaming up on shared goals and initiatives

Whether you’re just getting started or already deep into OER work, this meet-up is a chance to learn from peers, build new relationships, and imagine what’s possible together.

Registration required for each session.

• February 6, 2026, 1-2 p.m.: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
• Feburary 20, 2026, 1-2 p.m.: Social Sciences
• March 6, 2026, 1-2 p.m.: Humanities

Illinois Secretary of State/Illinois State Library OER Grant Program

Announced in early 2024, this grant opportunity provided for the development of textbooks and ancillaries as open educational resources to ultimately reduce students’ costs and encourage student success. The open license allows all faculty to adapt the materials to meet local needs. This page includes information about the program as well as recordings of the 12 OER Creation Workshops held to help those creating open educational resources.

CARLI OER Grants Office Hours

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