OER Librarian

It's a good day to highlight the Spotlighters Project, co-funded by @EUErasmusPlus: resources to teach educators & students about the effects of stress, and tools to resist it. Find the entire curriculum on OER Commons: oercommons.org/browse?f.provi… 🙏🏻 to @albertodafonte for sharing!

Vote!

Something to ponder as you head out to vote today, for free. In the Library's Rosa Parks Papers collection, there's a receipt for the poll tax she had to pay to vote in Alabama in 1956. Poll taxes, a Jim Crow-era voter suppression tool, were not abolished federally until 1964.

This workshop addresses the ethical considerations of Generative AI in education, particularly within open educational resource development. October 23 | 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Online Register bit.ly/4ddMTEc

PCF11: Call for abstracts and proposals The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) #COL4D and the Ministry of Education and Skills Development, Botswana @BWGovernment, represented by Botswana Open University (BOU) @BotswanaOpenUni, will co-host the Eleventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF11) in Gaborone, Botswana, from 10 to 12 September 2025 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre. Academics, researchers, technology innovators, development practitioners, administrators, stakeholders and partner institutions are invited to submit abstracts and proposals. Deadlines: - Last date for submission of Abstracts and Proposals: 30 January 2025 - Notification of proposal approval: 1 March 2025 About the Pan-Commonwealth Forum The Forum takes place every three years and is considered one of the world’s leading international conferences on open and distance learning. The theme of PCF11 is Innovative Open Education: Fostering Resilient Societies for Sustainable Economic Development. The event will continue to provide the rich in-person experience that delegates have come to expect while also allowing virtual attendees to access a mix of live, on-demand, and interactive content. To ensure the Forum is accessible to as many delegates as possible, this will be a hybrid event. The submission and review process will be managed through the Easy Chair platform. Please create your account here easychair.org/account2/signi… and then submit your proposal. Only authors of accepted abstracts/proposals will receive the link for submission of full papers. For more information, please visit: pcf11.org/call-for-propo… #CHOGM2024 #Resilience #PCF11

Explore the legal and ethical considerations surrounding Generative AI and OER, including copyright, privacy, and open licensing, in our upcoming workshop. October 23 | 11:00 am–12:30 pm | Online Register bit.ly/4ddMTEc

With #OpenAccessWeek sneaking up on us, what events have made it onto your radar?

It's World Teacher's Day, which is as good a reason as any to say, "thanks for doing your best!"

The Maamwi Hub by College Libraries Ontario supports universities across the province with resources to help them better incorporate indigenous cultures, knowledges, and worldviews: tlp-lpa.ca/maamwi/home

The Indigenous Perspectives hub on @sask_dlc's Resource Bank has 13 collections covering Indigenous stories, dance, art, music, treaty education, and more: resourcebank.ca/hubs/Indigenou…

It's the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation aka #OrangeShirtDay2024 in Canada. Here are a few collections to help you and yours learn about indigenous & First Nations perspectives in North America (a thread)!

Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! If you or your teachers are looking for some OER on the topic, you can explore the Women's History Month collection on OER Commons. There are over 300 resources including biographies, lesson plans and more! oercommons.org/curated-collec…

Good teachers know the value of shaping their teaching to the student: their lived experiences, prior knowledge, and cultural background. Many educators use these practices, and this new post from @NewAmericaEd highlights a few who leverage #OER to do so: newamerica.org/education-poli…

September's sneaking up on us, that sneaky month! What do you have left to prep for? How's the search for OER going for the new term? How's your institute supporting you?

We’re celebrating a BIG milestone: our 20th anniversary! As we gear up for the next 20 years, take a look back on how ISKME has reached beyond national boundaries to bring high-quality #teaching and #learning practices to everyone, everywhere: iskme.org/iskme-20th-ret…

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! In OER Commons you'll find a ton of openly-licensed guides and teaching curricula from @GettyMuseum on display, and you can look with your eyes AND with your hands. See: oercommons.org/browse?f.provi…

#AAPIHeritageMonth is a good time to have a look at University of Hawai'i's OER Hub on OER Commons! Over 600 resources across 14 subjects. Mahalo nui loa to the librarians at @UHWOLibrary, @UHMLibrary, and those across the whole system for curating! oercommons.org/hubs/uhoer

Exciting new opportunity to join our team @iskme! We are looking for a Partner Success Manager to support our wonderful service partners and thriving community @oercommons iskme.org/index.php?q=ab…

Just published today, "Five Faculty and Library Curation Personas to Aid #OER Discovery Solutions" by Team @iskme and partners #librarians cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/five-facu…