As we prepare for the fall semester, Iowa OER is once again pleased to announce a webinar and group discussion for faculty and staff in the state of Iowa who are interested in supporting Open Educational Resources. 

Please join us on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. CST for a discussion on securing federal emergency relief funding for OER development. In this session, you will learn about three separate Iowa grant projects that are currently underway. All three grants were obtained using federal CARES Act funding, through the Iowa GEER Fund for Higher Education.

Please register to join us via Zoom at this link: Webinar registration link

Teri Koch, Coordinator of Serials, Acquisitions & Electronic Resources at Drake University, will discuss her role in obtaining funding for the consortial Iowa Cross-Institutional Open Educational Resources Program (I-COER), which will establish a high-quality, online professional development repository that supports growth for community college faculty statewide.

Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian at Iowa State University, will present on the Iowa Regents OER Grant Program, a year-long OER grant project that provides Iowa Regent faculty with stipends to develop open textbooks and ancillary materials. 

Jenni Breems, Director of Library Services at Dordt University, will discuss her role leading the Iowa Private Academic Libraries (IPAL) OER Project, which encourages faculty at member institutions to integrate open educational resources in their courses.

The presentations will be followed by a group discussion and Q&A.

If you can’t make the webinar, feel free to check out the Iowa OER YouTube channel for the recording.