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SUMMARY:Pre-Conference: Accessibility Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Building on this year’s conference theme of “Open for Good: Resilience\, Innovation and Collaboration\," the pre-conference workshop will focus on collectively achieving accessible OER. The pre-conference will feature interactive accessibility trainings and collaborative time to remediate/create accessible materials. \n\nOverview Schedule\n12:00 Arrival and Lunch1:00 "The Contradiction: Open but not obtainable" - Cara Idol\, ACC2:00&nbsp\;"Get your OER Ready for Screen Readers" - Emily Romero\, UNC3:00 - 5:00 Collaborative time to remediate/create accessible OER \n\nRegistration for the pre-conference is free.
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LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
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SUMMARY:Registration\, Breakfast\, and Networking
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CATEGORIES:ALL ATTENDEES
LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
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SUMMARY:Opening Remarks
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CATEGORIES:ALL ATTENDEES
LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
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SUMMARY:Governor Z and Colorado OER Awards
DESCRIPTION:Presentation of the 2026 Governor Z Awards and Colorado OER Awards. Nominations are open until April 15.
CATEGORIES:ALL ATTENDEES
LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
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SUMMARY:Keynote: Past\, Present and Future of OER
DESCRIPTION:Our 2026 keynote speakers will explore the past\, present\, and future of Open Educational Resources.\n\nKeynote speakers:\nDr. Emily Ragan\, Professor\, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and First-year student success faculty fellow at Metropolitan State University of DenverDr. Chelsie Romulo\, Associate Professor\, Department of Geography\, GIS\, and Sustainability at University of Northern ColoradoTony Tasayco\, Undergraduate Secondary Mathematics Educator\; Student Teacher\, Aurora Public Schools\; University of Colorado Denver\n
CATEGORIES:ALL ATTENDEES
LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
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SUMMARY:Break
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CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Building and Managing a Large OER Textbook
DESCRIPTION:Many educators have searched for course materials only to find they don’t exist. The next question is often\, could I write the textbook? The answer is yes and this session will show you how. This presentation shares practical strategies for starting and managing a large-scale OER textbook. Participants will explore common barriers\, tips for planning and organizing content\, and strategies to sustain momentum. Attendees will also consider potential collaborators and stakeholders who can support the process. Recognizing that no two textbooks are the same\, the presenters will encourage participants to share their own insights and ideas to enrich the discussion. At the end of the presentation\, everyone will leave with a personalized blueprint to guide their next OER textbook project.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:TBA\, Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Introduction and Basics of Open Educational Resources
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CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:TBA\, Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Keeping it Fresh: The Evolution of the Calvin Project for Teaching Motivation
DESCRIPTION:How do we move beyond lecturing about motivation to actually fostering it? This session explores the journey of the Calvin Project\, an initiative designed to transform educational psychology through the marriage of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and Open Educational Resources (OER). \n\nWe will trace the project’s evolution from a pilot experiment into a sustainable\, student-directed experience. Attendees will see how shifting from traditional textbooks and lectures to OER and PBL empowered students to build their own understanding of motivation by engaging in an authentic problem space that requires translating abstract theories into actional strategies\, while publishing their work in accessible\, interactive formats. By analyzing the Calvin Project’s framework\, we will illustrate how to build a PBL structure that provides intentional scaffolding while preserving student ownership and discovery As we share our experience with the Calvin Project\, we’ll demonstrate how OER and PBL work hand in hand to meet the changing needs of our students. \n\nWhether you are looking to refresh a single unit or overhaul a full course\, this session provides a roadmap for creating learning experiences that draw students in and transform the way they see the world around them.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:TBA\, Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Showcasing a faculty student collaborative college-level OER: The Biology of Plants Coloring Textbook
DESCRIPTION:Many traditional science textbooks from major publishers are prohibitively expensive and contain more material than many instructors can cover. OERs lower the cost of student participation in science and allow for customization by other educators who want to use them in their own classroom. Botany is one such area of the life sciences with few OERs developed. We aimed to create a new OER (Biology of Plants Coloring Textbook) specific to botany that was customized to the unique block plan structure of Colorado College\, with a curriculum covered in 3.5 weeks of concentrated study. This project offered a unique collaboration between a faculty author and student illustrator. &nbsp\;Colorado College promoted the creation of the OER with grants to the professor and the student illustrator\, and provided professional networking opportunities. The OER is a hybrid of a condensed textbook\, laboratory exercises including slide and living specimen observations and experiments\, and interactive worksheets and coloring images featuring 30+ original botanical line drawings. We will discuss our collaborative process developing the project\, discuss licensing choices\, and showcase our work\, focusing on the beautiful illustrations. Our published OER is being utilized by multiple instructors at Colorado College and many other instructors at different institutions have shown interest in it\, especially those who teach college-level introductory botany in shorter timeframes like summer or January terms.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:TBA\, Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Teaching Climate Change Across the Curriculum - Open Access Climate Education Resources for Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:This presentation introduces a collection of open education resources developed by faculty at the University of Northern Colorado through the COOLER (Community Collaboration and Learning for Climate Resilience) program\, aimed at building a learning ecosystem around climate change resilience in Northern Colorado. This initiative addresses the urgent need for instructor preparation and equitable student access to climate change education\, including climate change impacts\, mitigation strategies\, and solutions. Through a funded (2024-2025) Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) Colorado Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant\, COOLER faculty created and published climate-change related curricular pieces across disciplines\, ranging from the arts to climate science. These resources are housed in UNCOpen and OER Commons under Creative Commons licenses. To ensure high quality and accessibility\, faculty collaborated with our Instructional Design and Development (IDD) team\, applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and OER best practices. \n\nOur collection showcases the intersection of climate resilience with diverse fields\, including:\n-Psychology\n-Environmental Earth Science \n-Biochemistry \n-Fire and Drought in Watershed Management \n-Exercise Science \n-Media Literacy Through Science \n-The Music Industry \n-Craftivism\n-Ski Industry (A Business Perspective) \n-Data Science and Statistics \n-Qualitative Anthropology and Cultural Change\n-Urban Heat\n-Climate Resilience and Your Career\n\nWe will highlight specific materials from the collection\, demonstrating how interdisciplinary OER can support education for climate resilience.\n\n
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Remix as Resistance: Zine and Craft Room
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CATEGORIES:REMIX
LOCATION:TBA\, Arapahoe Community College
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LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Creation of an OER Textbook as an Opportunity for Continuous Renewal and Transformation
DESCRIPTION:I will present my experience writing OER textbooks on Spanish and Latin American culture\, Civilización hispanoamericana and Civilización española (work in progress)\, currently used in the civilization courses that I have taught almost every semester since 2001. The presentation will include some of the ways that the SUNY System has suppported the development and adoption of OER materials. The presentation will emphasize that the web-based format of an OER book allows frequent revisions\, meaning that it facilitates continuous improvement of the instructor's pedagogy as well as fine-tuning the content and level of the book to meet the needs of our changing populations of students. Part of the pedagogical improvement derived from creating these OER materials has included integrating more interactive elements\, which encourages the students to explore the material further and go beyond just memorizing facts. The presentation will describe how I came to write these OER textbooks and how I have been revising them\; I will demonstrate the features of my textbook and will also lead attendees through a series of thought experiments and interactions to see how they can integrate this approach to OER in their own educational practice.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Creation of open-source catheter simulators for clinician training
DESCRIPTION:Specialized catheters are critical life-saving tools that allow clinicians to monitor heart performance and blood flow. While clinicians are not often called upon to utilize pulmonary artery catheters (Swan-Ganz catheter) or hemodialysis catheters\, they must be able to deploy them both with speed and precision when needed. A Swan-Ganz catheter is utilized when the heart’s left side pressure needs to be measured from its right side. A hemodialysis catheter allows for dialysis to filter a&nbsp\;patient’s blood when other methods cannot be used or when dialysis is only needed temporarily. Simulators can help clinicians prepare for life-or-death circumstances where every second counts and there is little to no tolerance for mistakes.Pulmonary artery catheter simulators do exist but are difficult to acquire and can range from $1\,732 to $14\,990 in price. Simulators for hemodialysis do not currently exist.In keeping with this year’s themes of adaptation and resilience\, UC Health nurses and CU Anschutz researchers have collaborated to create innovative simulators which are built/3D printed from open access resources and will be posted on the CU Anschutz OER Anatomy Hub under Creative Commons licenses. These simulators will be used in UC Health to train clinicians on proper procedures for using these catheters. Other organizations will be able to 3D print and build them using a provided material list with step-by-step instructions. Attendees will gain understanding of the Swan-Ganz catheter and hemodialysis simulators\, where to find their assembly files and instructions\, and how they can implement them in their respective departments.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:MSU Denver OER Club: Student-centered OER Leadership & Advocacy
DESCRIPTION:Students inspired by their experiences in OER classrooms created the MSU Denver OER Club in Fall 2025 to advocate for the use of OER by students\, gain insight into students’ perception of OER\, create events that highlight the benefits of OER\, and reflect their appreciate for instructors utilizing OER in their courses\, departments\, and colleges. \nOER Club officers Levi Chee\, President\; Mallory Reiswig\, Vice President\; Julia Ragan\, Treasurer\, and Alana Henley\, Secretary\, will provide their perspectives on the impacts their collaborative efforts have across the institution. They will describe the strategies they employ to increase student awareness for OER in MSU Denver courses through student-centered events that raise awareness of what OER is\, identify ways to find course markings\, and share student-specific strategies to advocate for OER use. They will share experiences on how student-to-student interactions influence choices of instructor\, class\, and course materials. Brian Healy will speak about the role of building and maintaining students’ enthusiastic interest in club events and activities.\n\n
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Partnering for OER: Translanguaging Instructional Videos for K-16 students
DESCRIPTION:Come learn about a recent Colorado OER Grant project that represents a collaborative partnership between Metropolitan State University of Denver and Denver Public Schools. We will start by sharing lessons learned in establishing and maintaining a formal partnership agreement between a university and K-12 school district. The bulk of this presentation shares the outcome of our partnership: an OER video collection that highlights concrete examples of what translanguaging can look like in K-12 science classrooms. Translanguaging is a term that refers to the natural\, dynamic languaging practices of multilingual individuals (García et al.\, 2017). Translanguaging pedagogies are teaching moves and materials that center translanguaging as a normal learning practice (Parra & Proctor\, 2023) and explicitly welcome students to make sense of science using their full linguistic and multimodal repertoire\, including home languages (Fine et al.\, 2023). Instructional videos portray 2nd - 6th grade classroom teachers planning for\, enacting\, and reflecting on translanguaging pedagogies during science lessons. The collection is useful for university teacher educators\, in-service professional learning providers\, and university and K-12 educators who are interested in expanding how they support teachers and linguistically diverse students. Attendees will learn about establishing a collaborative partnership between a university and K-12 district and discuss how they may establish their own partnerships with K-12 districts. Attendees will also understand translanguaging theory and pedagogies\, watch and reflect on an instructional video\, and plan how to use the OER video collection in their contexts.\n\n
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Using Publicity to Encourage Course Materials Reporting at UNC
DESCRIPTION:The University of Northern Colorado (UNC)\, like many institutions\, relies on instructors to report on which learning materials they plan to use in their courses\, whether those materials are Open Education Resources (OER)\, other Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) materials\, or cost-bearing commercial resources. This information ensures the institution is meeting federal and state mandates for cost transparency\, supports students as they plan for the upcoming semester\, helps in assessing the use of OER/ZTC at an institution\, and aids in planning open education outreach and advocacy. Yet getting faculty to report their course materials in a timely manner (or at all) can be difficult\, leading to incomplete data with downstream consequences for multiple stakeholders. \n\n&nbsp\;In the context of these challenges\, UNC’s Textbook Affordability Librarian and Affordable & OER Student Assistant developed an innovative publicity campaign in advance of the Spring 2026 semester to encourage faculty to report their course materials and to explain the importance of doing so. This presentation will detail why accurate data about course materials is necessary\, discuss the barriers faculty might face in reporting their course materials in a timely way\, highlight the publicity campaign implemented at UNC prior to the Spring 2026 semester\, explore the promising results of this one-semester pilot\, and solicit ideas from attendees to further improve the process of collecting course materials data. Together\, these efforts underscore how intentional communication and collaboration can meaningfully improve course materials reporting and advance textbook affordability initiatives.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Remix as Resistance: Zine and Craft Room
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CATEGORIES:REMIX
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Building Workforce Partnerships for OER Integration
DESCRIPTION:This roundtable will consider how Open Educational Resources (OER) can support the development of flexible\, skills-focused credentials that respond to evolving learner and institutional needs. As higher education continues to adapt to rapid labor market changes\, OER offers a sustainable way to update learning materials\, align programs with emerging fields\, and remove cost barriers that often limit student participation and success.\n\nParticipants will explore how open resources can help institutions design more responsive curricula and expand equitable access to skills-based learning opportunities. Building on work by DOERS (Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success)\, this discussion aligns with Colorado’s goals to promote affordable learning and strengthen pathways from education to employment.
CATEGORIES:ROUNDTABLE
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Embracing AI Tools to Build Sustainable\, Community-Centered OER Practices
DESCRIPTION:As artificial intelligence tools become more accessible in teaching and learning\, they offer new possibilities for supporting—rather than supplanting—open education work. This roundtable discussion explores how AI can function as a practical timesaver in OER creation and maintenance\, including revising learning outcomes\, generating ancillary materials (such as quizzes\, study guides\, and practice activities)\, and supporting iterative improvement of open content. At the same time\, participants will critically examine the limits and risks of AI use within open ecosystems\, including issues of bias\, transparency\, labor\, and trust. \n\nDrawing on perspectives and advice from experienced OER practitioners—“OER long-timers” who have sustained this work across shifting technologies\, funding cycles\, and policy landscapes—this conversation will explore how AI can be integrated thoughtfully into community-centered OER practices while reinforcing collaboration\, shared ownership\, and care. Grounded in open education and open pedagogy scholarship (e.g.\, Wiley\, 2014\; Bali et al.\, 2020\; Kasneci et al.\, 2023)\, this session invites participants to reflect on what it means to remain Open for Good—resilient\, innovative\, and collective—in an AI-mediated future.
CATEGORIES:ROUNDTABLE
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:People\, Not Platforms: How Librarians can help Navigate the "Gray Spaces" of Sustainable OER
DESCRIPTION:Open education often gets framed as a technology problem. Where should OER live? In fact\, as we as a CMC library team started planning for our recent grant\, our first thoughts were about platforms\, metadata standards\, and software. We’re conditioned to think that way from years of cataloging and classifying information. If you find yourself asking\, what platform should we build? Or\, how can we brand and maintain a local repository? Go to a different session. Instead\, this session is about somewhere else. Sustainable OER work depends more on people than it does platforms.
CATEGORIES:ROUNDTABLE
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Resilience in Practice: Sustaining OER and ZTC Efforts in a Mandatory Book Fee Environment
DESCRIPTION:Institutions committed to Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiatives are increasingly navigating policy\, funding\, and system-level changes that complicate traditional models of openness. At Colorado Mountain College (CMC)\, the implementation of a mandatory book fee structure has reshaped how OER advocacy\, faculty engagement\, and student access are understood and practiced. Rather than stepping away from open education goals\, CMC has focused on resilience - adapting strategies while maintaining a long-term commitment to affordability\, equity\, and care.\n\nThis 25-minute roundtable invites participants into a facilitated\, interactive conversation about what it means to sustain OER and ZTC work when ideal conditions are not present. Facilitators will briefly share CMC’s context and lessons learned navigating OER within a mandatory fee environment\, including evolving definitions of progress\, transparency with students and faculty\, and cross-campus collaboration among academic leadership and library services.\n\nParticipants will then engage in structured peer discussion to share challenges\, strategies\, and questions from their own institutions. Together\, the group will explore how resilience can function as an active practice in open education - supporting sustainability\, community trust\, and advocacy even amid constraint.\n\nAttendees will leave with shared language\, practical insights\, and peer-generated approaches for continuing OER work with integrity in complex or shifting institutional environments.
CATEGORIES:ROUNDTABLE
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Wide Scope of Accessibility in OERs
DESCRIPTION:During this session\, members of the ACC Disability Access Services (DAS) office will discuss and invite participants to ask questions and share experiences around OER and accessibility specifically relating to students with disabilities. &nbsp\;DAS colleagues will share the process from working with students\, the faculty/instructors\, publishers\, OER coordinators\, etc. to providing OERs in a media that meets the students’ needs based on their accommodations. &nbsp\;Additionally\, participants will learn some of the different ways they can create\, edit\, manage\, and research OERs in a way that is helpful to the DAS office and their students. &nbsp\;Combined with other members of the round table\, a discussion of what is being done\, what can be done\, and how we can partner with other schools\, authors\, and editors\, to ensure we are working together in a way that promotes engagement from our students and efficiency from our DAS offices.&nbsp\;
CATEGORIES:ROUNDTABLE
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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SUMMARY:Remix as Resistance: Zine Workshop
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CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
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LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/c15295be38d871ba9d69eb352ba5599b
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T183000Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:ALL ATTENDEES
LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/048925c695b198aea1cb41fdb7690151
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T193000Z
DTEND:20260529T194500Z
SUMMARY:Break
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CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a549ad4b16118f7645a369e28ab51264
URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/a549ad4b16118f7645a369e28ab51264
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T194500Z
DTEND:20260529T203500Z
SUMMARY:Remix as Resistance: Zine and Craft Room
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:REMIX
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/47b455a59350973f24e828ec597aa446
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T194500Z
DTEND:20260529T203500Z
SUMMARY:Citizen Science in the Garden: Integrating Community Engagement and Soil-Based Fieldwork into Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:Are you willing to decenter traditional lectures and essay assignments in university courses? What are the steps to administer course assignments that require students to engage with community members and gardening activities? Our workshop discusses the partnership between Denver-based Consumption Literacy Project (CLP\, Dr. Austine Luce\, Executive Director) and CU Denver digital anthropologist Marty Otañez. We cover skills to cultivate and sustain genuine relationships of trust between instructors\, students\, non-profit leaders and garden-based citizen scientists in underrepresented communities. Citizen scientists are individuals and their wisdom and knowledge that often get ignored by people in higher education. \n\nWe’ll begin the workshop with introductions and an ice-breaker activity\, followed by a brief discussion about the university-community partnership as a resource to rebuild human-land connection\, provide evidence-based impact\, and support individual and collective flourishing. Additional topics are ethical approaches to decolonized and non-extractive group based digital projects with themes of composting\, water technology\, and food sovereignty.\n\nMost of our time together will be spent co-creating a list of best practices for university course-related community engagement activities that center the voices of attendees. We’ll close the workshop with a case study of the public access documentary film “The Montbello Spiral Garden” co-produced by Drs. Otañez and Luce. Participants will leave the workshop with the list of best practices for fieldwork assignments and an expanded network of contacts to develop and administer course activities with citizen scientists who devote their labor to community gardens.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/e30a9f333c62fedd13552610657be93b
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T194500Z
DTEND:20260529T203500Z
SUMMARY:Critical Thinking: Lessons on Openness\, Identity\, and Innovation from Bad Bunny and HSI Leadership
DESCRIPTION:This interactive session bridges doctoral research on critical thinking with Bad Bunny's cultural narratives of authenticity and resilience to reimagine open education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) like MSU Denver\, the only Colorado university with the Seal of Excelencia designation. Participants explore how Open Educational Resources (OER) empower first-generation and Latino students through co-created\, identity-affirming pedagogy that fosters belonging\, innovation\, and equity.\n\nDrawing from leadership experiences at MSU Denver\, the session showcases practical strategies for integrating popular culture into OER\, including reflective exercises with Bad Bunny-inspired artifacts to build mental well-being and critical consciousness. Attendees leave with actionable tools to advance "Open for Good" in their contexts\, emphasizing collaboration across students\, faculty\, and communities.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/f7814d02c727ce5a4da934badfc2c98c
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T194500Z
DTEND:20260529T203500Z
SUMMARY:Get your OER Ready for Screen Readers
DESCRIPTION:Many instructors have questions about accessibility and OER and are unsure where to turn for help in creating such materials. With the accessibility of student-facing content now legally required in Colorado\, faculty wishing to adopt OER resources need resources to help them create OER that screen reader users can use along with their classmates who do not utilize this technology. This session will provide an overview of what a screen reader is\, how screen readers converge and differ\, how to find screen reader compatible OER\, how to evaluate individual OER for screen reader compatibility\, and how to create basic text-based OER. Please bring a charged electronic device with you on which you feel comfortable creating resources\, along with your questions about OER for the courses you teach. In this participatory 50-minute workshop you will have the chance to search for OER in your discipline\, evaluate them\, and then create your own OER for deployment in your classroom. After the workshop\, I will help you edit your OER for implementation if you wish.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/a26d55f0a708a954d6f61e755555c531
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T194500Z
DTEND:20260529T203500Z
SUMMARY:How to find\, create\, and share open access 3D printed models for STEM education.
DESCRIPTION:Three-dimensional (3D) printing has become more affordable and accessible to educators in recent years. &nbsp\;The combination of this technology with open access has enormous transformative potential for science\, technology\, engineering\, and mathematic (STEM) education\, particularly in the development of open education resource (OER) 3D models. Complex structures can be 3D printed such as the human heart for anatomy courses\, protein configurations for biology\, crystal lattices for geology\, orbital models for physics\, or machine components for engineering. &nbsp\;These models can be 3D printed at a fraction of commercial costs. Printed models can also be tailored to specific learning needs. &nbsp\;Furthermore\, a printable STL file can be shared online and used by anyone in the world with access to a 3D printer. Despite these advantages\, most educators face barriers to implementation such as where to source digital models\, how to choose a printer\, or how to integrate these models into their courses. &nbsp\;This hands-on workshop will address these challenges by teaching participants the fundamental workflow of 3D printing\, including printer types\, material options\, and software programs (commercial vs. open source). &nbsp\; Participants will learn how to locate high-quality printable models through online repositories and explore strategies for integrating these models into their courses. &nbsp\;The goal is to empower educators to develop\, modify\, and share OER 3D printed ancillary materials that enhance student access\, engagement\, and understanding in STEM disciplines.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
UID:cca4b03a733ae626b851a7b358be8f57
URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/cca4b03a733ae626b851a7b358be8f57
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T194500Z
DTEND:20260529T203500Z
SUMMARY:Leveraging AI to find OER nursing resources
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/8d3b788571cadfcfc3e218f4037deaea
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T204500Z
DTEND:20260529T211500Z
SUMMARY:Better Together: A Collaborative Workflow for OER Creation
DESCRIPTION:Our interdisciplinary team from Metropolitan State University’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program—two faculty members\, an instructional designer\, a graduate assistant\, and a librarian—leveraged the MSU Denver state OER grant to join the Rebus program\, which mentors teams through open educational resource (OER) development. Guided by a shared vision to make the MSW a “Z‑degree\,” we produced two OER materials: \nA curated book of case studies that captures real‑world social‑work scenarios and accompanying pedagogical notes. A comprehensive textbook on social‑work practice\, integrating theory\, methods\, and ethical considerations. \n\nOur experience illustrates a replicable pathway for other disciplines seeking to expand open scholarly ecosystems. Key takeaways include: \nSocial‑science‑specific workflows that streamline content creation while preserving disciplinary rigorAI‑enhanced authoring\, balanced with human editing\, where generative tools assisted literature synthesis and formatting\, yet remained under expert human oversight. Faculty voice preservation\, in which our discipline experts’ voices and lenses of practice color the work\, yet colleagues with a range of perspectives can easily adapt the materials.\nThe session will walk participants through: project goals\, team roles\, the Rebus framework\, a detailed timeline\, our blended AI‑human workflow\, and practical lessons learned. Attendees will leave equipped to design OER collections that support accessibility\, foster collaborative scholarship\, and empower educators across the social sciences. dr
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/9be745a493a18840f92f7c608c1f22cb
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T204500Z
DTEND:20260529T211500Z
SUMMARY:Beyond the Bot: Cultivating "Generalists with Judgment" using OER and AI in the Humanities Classroom
DESCRIPTION:The intersection of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Generative AI has transformed the Humanities classroom\, especially online\, into a what author David Epstein calls a "wicked domain"—an unstable environment where the rules for success are constantly shifting. While OER provides tremendous opportunities to move away from static textbooks toward curated\, open resources\, the rise of "agentic browsers" like Comet and Google Lens has made digital assessments in Canvas increasingly vulnerable to cheating. &nbsp\;I urge faculty and librarians to join me in exploring how to leverage OER to teach essential interpretive skills while guiding students through the ethical and strategic challenges of an AI-saturated world.\n\nThe core problem is that while AI excels at pattern recognition and synthesizing academic-sounding text from OER resources\, it lacks judgment—the uniquely human capacity to arbitrate among competing values and account for the human dynamics found in original sources. Drawing on Epstein’s concept of Range\, this presentation argues that the most durable advantage for 21st-century students is becoming a generalist with judgment who can navigate ambiguity in this AI environment rather than simply recall information. I will demonstrate models for using AI as a "co-researcher" in Humanities classes to locate OER sources\, while simultaneously training students to evaluate those outputs against curated\, high-integrity human sources.\n\nBy emphasizing the human-in-the-loop\, instructors can ensure that OER remains a tool for deep critical thinking\, preparing graduates to be adaptable problem-solvers who own their decisions in an unpredictable workforce.\n\n
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/03fc542520442ad8276a2b14357a4dee
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T204500Z
DTEND:20260529T211500Z
SUMMARY:Lightning Talks
DESCRIPTION:A Brave Choice: ZTC at CCA\, Allyson Perry-Turner\, Community College of AuroraIf You Give an Educator a Cookie… My OER Journey from Nothing to Something\, Teresa Connolly\, University of ColoradoSeeing Engineering: open interactive visualizations for Statics\, Dynamics\, and Mechanics of Materials\, Macarena Lange\, Colorado State University\n
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6223f176e565a0389d05c13863ace706
URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/6223f176e565a0389d05c13863ace706
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T204500Z
DTEND:20260529T211500Z
SUMMARY:Open for Launch: Building Open Pathways in STEM
DESCRIPTION:The rapid growth of Colorado’s aerospace industry has increased the demand for a skilled and diverse workforce\, while access to introductory aerospace education remains uneven across K-12 and early-college pathways. This presentation describes a collaborative initiative that addresses this gap. The OER resource Principles of Aerospace Engineering is being developed through a collaboration among two local K-12 schools\, Pikes Peak State College\, and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). The final product will be a modular\, openly licensed textbook and activity suite designed for high school and early college learners.\n\nThe project is funded by a grant from the Colorado Department of Higher Education. It brings together faculty\, instructional designers\, and students to co-create a shared curricular resource aligned across K-12 and higher education. Rather than treating OER as a single course artifact\, this initiative provides open content as a connective infrastructure that supports curriculum development\, reduces duplication of effort\, and strengthens transitions across K-12 audience and into post-secondary STEM programs. This session highlights strategies for cross-institutional collaboration\, student involvement\, and alignment with workforce-relevant learning outcomes. It also addresses practical considerations such as licensing sustainability\, and faculty adaptation.\n\nThis interactive session will engage attendees through guided reflection and discussion focused on identifying transferable collaboration models and implementation strategies. Participants will leave with concrete ideas for leveraging OER to build resilient\, innovative\, and collaborative learning opportunities that expand access and opportunity across educational systems.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:TBA\, Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/0118d8be6fad519208a346d365cddd21
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T204500Z
DTEND:20260529T211500Z
SUMMARY:Using Student Input to Create an Engaging Introductory Statistics Textbook
DESCRIPTION:In this session we present our ongoing\, grant supported OER work for introductory level statistics courses. With the goal of increasing student engagement\, and through the use of PreTeXt and the Runestone platform\, we are creating fully interactive textbooks with built-in homework systems that will be linked to our LMS. Interactive components include embedded applets\, videos\, and concept check questions with instant feedback. All data analysis can be completed inside the textbook through code blocks and the embedded applets. We will showcase the textbook’s functionality through a hands-on activity that utilizes data collected in Colorado. \n\nBy incorporating culturally relevant examples and teaching methods\, we expect our new course materials to enhance student satisfaction and perceived relevance of the subject matter. We will share our materials and our process for seeking and incorporating student feedback and collaboration (from our intro level students and our statistics majors). As part of our presentation\, we will share the results of a survey on how our students use their current [non-OER] course materials. The survey includes questions on student use of generative AI for learning statistics. We welcome discussion on this topic and encourage others to share what they are experiencing.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/3bc7408537c307b114c3dff1b294e109
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T204500Z
DTEND:20260529T211500Z
SUMMARY:Remix as Resistance: Zine and Craft Room
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:REMIX
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
UID:40bcb069645570b03437d5a3f0bcb08a
URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/40bcb069645570b03437d5a3f0bcb08a
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T211500Z
DTEND:20260529T212500Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Arapahoe Community College
SEQUENCE:0
UID:93a57f821955e8a209ef33de5d1af666
URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/93a57f821955e8a209ef33de5d1af666
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T212500Z
DTEND:20260529T221000Z
SUMMARY:Closing Panel: Student voices
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:ALL ATTENDEES
LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4ea733d2ec973d7ce2110207f3f75806
URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/4ea733d2ec973d7ce2110207f3f75806
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DTSTAMP:20260521T025525Z
DTSTART:20260529T221500Z
DTEND:20260529T223000Z
SUMMARY:Closing Remarks
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:ALL ATTENDEES
LOCATION:Summit Room\, 5900 S Santa Fe Dr\, Littleton\, CO 80120
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://2026coloradooerconference.sched.com/event/cf34ce427b866ec34bbbea4a281f1d75
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