I think we can all agree that 2020 was a strange year: for some of us, our OER work grew exponentially as the need for affordable digital materials became evident. … Continue reading A New Communications Plan for Iowa OER

This month's highlighted resource is OASIS. OASIS is a metafinder developed by SUNY, a tool that searches across different collections and repositories for content, thus making discovery a little easier. … Continue reading December 2020 Resource Highlight: The OASIS Metafinder

On November 12, 2020, Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian at Iowa State University, presented a webinar called Growing an OER initiative, as part of Iowa OER’s continuing … Continue reading Webinar Summary: Growing an OER Initiative with Abbey Elder

Iowa OER is starting a new series of monthly posts highlighting resources available to the community! These blog posts will highlight OER, webinars, communities, and platforms that you can use … Continue reading November 2020 Resource Highlight: The Rebus Community

Iowa OER hosted its third webinar for Fall 2020 with Frank O'Neill, Biology and Sports Medicine Instructor at Western Iowa Tech Community College. During his time teaching at Western Iowa … Continue reading Webinar Summary: Curating OER with Frank O’Neill

Last Tuesday, August 25th, Iowa OER hosted our second webinar of Fall 2020 with Matthew Clancy, Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University. Matthew has experience … Continue reading Webinar Summary: Economics OER with Matt Clancy

On Thursday, July 23rd, Iowa OER hosted our first webinar of Fall 2020 with Ted Neal, Clinical Associate Professor of Education at the University of Iowa. Ted has extensive experience … Continue reading Webinar Summary: OER Project Talk with Ted Neal

After hearing requests for an Iowa OER mailing list for the last few weeks, the Iowa Open Education Action Team has decided to put together a list for the community! … Continue reading Join our new mailing list!

In just 12 months, Iowa's postsecondary institutions did a lot to expand faculty training and student access to OER. Here are some highlights.

[The following press release was originally shared via the Iowa Board of Regents]. June 11, 2020 In a continuing effort to make higher education more affordable, 40 Iowa colleges and … Continue reading Iowa Colleges and Universities Expand Collaboration Opportunities With OTN