Hi All, If any of you are interested in OER (open educational resource) courses, please consider signing up for one or more of these webinars! These can help you save your students money and I don’t want to make it seem like Lumen is the only choice for open educational resources – there are a lot out there, and I’m honestly a little skeptical of companies like Lumen that monetize them. HOWEVER, this is an easy place to start. Thanks, Nancy From: CULIBS-L: CUNY Librarians List [mailto:CULIBS-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Ann Fiddler Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 6:07 PM To: CULIBS-L@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: OER informational webinars Colleagues, This was shared with the OER list serv but in light of the huge OER initiative starting up this fall I thought some of you or your faculty might have some interest in this. Lumen Learning offers an OER “out of the box” option and they are hosting webinars for SUNY and CUNY faculty members to walk through several of the OER courses most widely-used in US higher education (see list below; click here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__info.lumenlearning.com_2017-2Dsunycuny-2Dregistration-2D0&d=DwMFaQ&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=TVgbIaIwd5pca79Z3-Yvhv4DtqWVEaPl6Wr_LHPlHuA&m=zAZUx1WwCP6ETXaC7_35B9HR9ReasOhS1hb58Czdhi8&s=nPPBbnVB1Uo_x16E5XYVFrC3oUaA-T4HrLvh-dILuT8&e=> to register). These 30-40 minute webinars will provide a show-and-tell overview of ready-to-teach OER course materials that replace expensive textbooks. You’ll have the opportunity to see the OER courses and how they work inside our LMS, learn how you can customize and use them, and ask questions about teaching with OER. After the webinars, registrants will receive instructions for getting your own copy of the course to review and adopt this fall term or beyond. The webinar schedule is: * Wednesday 8/16, 12:00-1:00 pm ET: OER for Business - Intro to Business & Principles of Marketing * Thursday 8/17, 11:00-12:00 pm ET: OER for Biology - Biology I-II * Thursday 8/17, 2:00-3:00 pm ET: OER for Psychology - Intro to Psych * Friday 8/18, 1:30-2:30 pm ET: OER for Writing - Comp I & Dev English * Friday 8/18, 2:30-3:30 pm ET: OER for Math - College Algebra and More * Tuesday 8/22, 12:00-1:00 pm ET: OER for Business - Intro to Business & Principles of Marketing * Tuesday 8/22, 1:30-2:30 pm ET: OER for Math - College Algebra and More * Thursday 8/24, 2:00-3:00 pm ET: OER for Writing - Comp I & Dev English * Friday 8/25, 12:30-1:30 pm ET: OER for Psychology - Intro to Psych * Friday 8/25, 1:00-2:00 pm ET: OER for Statistics * Friday 8/25, 2:00-3:00 pm ET: OER for Biology - Biology I-II You’re welcome to attend any of the webinars and share this invitation with others who may be interested. Use this link to register for session(s) you would like to attend: http://info.lumenlearning.com/2017-sunycuny-registration-0<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__info.lumenlearning.com_2017-2Dsunycuny-2Dregistration-2D0&d=DwMFaQ&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=TVgbIaIwd5pca79Z3-Yvhv4DtqWVEaPl6Wr_LHPlHuA&m=zAZUx1WwCP6ETXaC7_35B9HR9ReasOhS1hb58Czdhi8&s=nPPBbnVB1Uo_x16E5XYVFrC3oUaA-T4HrLvh-dILuT8&e=> During this coming year OLS will be contracting with them CUNY-wide. This means that there will be no enrollment fees for your students for any of their platforms even if they are not part of the project. You can browse other courses here http://lumenlearning.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lumenlearning.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=C4mMerWMCspTcnw3wgyV9pyLVk5_b3jnpEuc6qidXPE&m=DAg1wi_jDQ96_S1shnWB1YDyEhS0ZoLitHbn_tZuwk0&s=iRMzExRIwyqhpKsZ9DtAGjIj5-G5HRnqIurNsczOCtQ&e=> ________________________________ This reply will go ONLY to the person who posted the original message unless you select Reply-All. By using this list, you agree that you have read and will follow the list's rules & guidelines: http://support.cunylibraries.org/listservs/list-policy To unsubscribe from the CULIBS-L list, click the following link: https://LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=CULIBS-L&A=1<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU_scripts_wa.exe-3FSUBED1-3DCULIBS-2DL-26A-3D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=mRWFL96tuqj9V0Jjj4h40ddo0XsmttALwKjAEOCyUjY&r=KF8dLIfrgcM4X788Yu2GE9gDNzV-kZhWiS4ahVzscXc&m=Son2BIuYYLzuPJbnNyUTGYJZLKUhyBBcYzPoTfu5hSU&s=NIKd8o5B1zCD7dHlpBqpV5e3f1PH5t6u9d1ZM2oqm3s&e=>