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2026 Colorado OER Conference
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Friday, May 29
 

8:00am MDT

Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
Friday May 29, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am MDT

Friday May 29, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
Summit Room 5900 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120

9:00am MDT

Opening Remarks
Friday May 29, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am MDT

Speakers
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President Stephanie J. Fujii, PhD

Arapahoe Community College
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Chealsye Bowley

Director of Open Education and Learning Innovation, Colorado Department of Higher Education
Got questions about OER in Colorado? Email: [email protected]
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Jon Dyhr

Assistant Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver
I am very interested in developing and implementing open educational resource in the sciences, particularly the life sciences.
Friday May 29, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
Summit Room 5900 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120

9:20am MDT

Governor Z and Colorado OER Awards
Friday May 29, 2026 9:20am - 9:45am MDT
Presentation of the 2026 Governor Z Awards and Colorado OER Awards. Nominations are open until April 15.
Friday May 29, 2026 9:20am - 9:45am MDT
Summit Room 5900 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120

9:45am MDT

Keynote: Past, Present and Future of OER
Friday May 29, 2026 9:45am - 10:15am MDT
Our 2026 keynote speakers will explore the past, present, and future of Open Educational Resources.

Keynote speakers:
  • Dr. Emily Ragan, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and First-year student success faculty fellow at Metropolitan State University of Denver
  • Dr. Chelsie Romulo, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, GIS, and Sustainability at University of Northern Colorado
  • Tony Tasayco, Undergraduate Secondary Mathematics Educator; Student Teacher, Aurora Public Schools; University of Colorado Denver

Speakers
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Dr. Emily Ragan

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Excited about reimagining effective education. Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and OER Coordinator at Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Chelsie Romulo

Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado
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Tony Tasayco

Undergraduate Assistant, University of Colorado Denver
Friday May 29, 2026 9:45am - 10:15am MDT
Summit Room 5900 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120

12:30pm MDT

Lunch
Friday May 29, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm MDT

Friday May 29, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm MDT
Summit Room 5900 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120

3:25pm MDT

Closing Panel: Student voices
Friday May 29, 2026 3:25pm - 4:10pm MDT

Moderators
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Nicholas Swails

Dean of Academic Affairs and Online Learning, Colorado Northwestern Community College
Speakers
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Melanie Brousseau

Student, Colorado State University
Hi! I'm Melanie, a third-year Economics and Political Science student at Colorado State University and the Chief Justice of ASCSU, CSU's student government. I've been involved in OER advocacy at the institutional level, including work on student government legislation supporting open... Read More →
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Becky Blickhahn

Student Representative, Colorado OER Council
Hi There!
I love helping instructors adapt or create OER materials for their classrooms!
I love hearing about sustainability initiatives for OER and hope to see more universities and colleges have OER be apart of the main administration.
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Emily Romero

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Northern Colorado
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Tony Tasayco

Undergraduate Assistant, University of Colorado Denver
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Warren Winter

SGA Senator, Arapahoe Community College
Friday May 29, 2026 3:25pm - 4:10pm MDT
Summit Room 5900 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120

4:15pm MDT

Closing Remarks
Friday May 29, 2026 4:15pm - 4:30pm MDT

Friday May 29, 2026 4:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
Summit Room 5900 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120
 
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