Iowa OER
The Iowa Open Education Action Team (Iowa OER) is a statewide group that supports affordable higher education for students in the state of Iowa.
Latest Blog Posts
Looking Back: The 2025/2026 OER Communities of Practice
During the 2025/2026 academic year, the Iowa Open Education Action Team ran our fourth annual OER Community of Practice program, bringing together instructors across the state to share their interest in open education. This year, we…
Accessibility Is Expanding What OER Can Do: A Moment of Opportunity for Iowa
This month’s blog post was contributed by Debra Lowman, Associate Dean of Libraries and Learning Resources-District Lead, Scott Community College. As someone who supports and promotes Open Educational Resources at my college, I’ve always thought about…
Update Schedules for OER: Flexible and Fit-to-purpose
This month’s blog post was contributed by Abbey K. Elder, Open Education Services Librarian at Iowa State University. Textbooks are written, edited, and published for many different reasons. An author might have a genuine interest in…
Promoting OER in the light of Inclusive Access on Campus
By Katelyn Handler, Student Engagement and Instructional Design Librarian, Grand View University The Situation If you work in higher education, you likely realize that the sharply-rising cost of textbooks presents a major challenge for students and…