1. Sarah Straub, Stephen F. Austin State University (Educator Preparation Program)

2. I have not.

3. I believed I understood OER on a basic level.  I learned it is so much more complicated than I thought. I am now incredibly nervous about copyright infringment but I am eager to learn more.  I do not officially use OER right now.

Hi Sarah,

Good Morning! I sent you some open teacher education resources in the chat last week. Did you receive them?

Suzel

1.  Shanna Irwin-Coury, Collin College

2.  I haven't really.  I've only used things marketed as OER.

3.  I am working on creating OER content.

Hi Shanna,

Wonderful to see another Collin College faculty in the group. What subject do you teach?

Hi, Sukanya!  Mathematics.  You're biology, right?

yes:)

Hi, everyone!

My name is Jessica Zbeida, and I'm an Assoc. Prof. of English at McLennan Community College.

I have taken some faculty professional development courses focused on copyright, and I've discussed it at professional conferences. I haven't completed a CC certification course yet, though, and I'd like to do that in the future.

Our college has an OER textbook for English 1301/1302 that a colleague in my department wrote, and I'd like to consider how to redesign a corequisite English course (what used to be called developmental courses) so it integrates that content. Our goal is to make the corequisite courses more aligned with and supportive of what happens in English 1301, but at present that hasn't worked as well as we would like. Hoping to improve student success and faculty buy-in! :)

Great to meet everyone!

Jessica

Hi Jessica!

A colleague and I here at WTAMU are also working on developing and expanding our first-year composition writing resource. We too are hoping to improve faculty buy-in! 

Great to meet you--

Monica

As an English person, I'm really envious of your goals. :) We don't have a shared OER text for developmental English yet where I am -- and I think we really, really need one!

Cheering you on over here!

Hi, Melissa!

I'm hoping we can adapt what we have in OER and supplement it with some of the other resources. Let me know how it goes with your group, though! I'm always eager to share ideas :)

Jessica

1. What is your name and institution?

   Dr. Rachel Sale,  South Texas College
2. How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before?                                                              -

           I have participated on the College OER Committee for the past year.  In previous years, I have led instructional design teams to ensure OER development.

1. How do you currently use OER in your position?

   I am working with multiple departments to create OER options.  We just purchased a Pressbooks license, although I think our Texas site will prove more valuable.

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My name is Anna Klyueva, and I teach communication at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. I frequently have to deal with copyright in communication courses. I have never used OER resources before and look forward to learning more and redesigning one of my courses (Intro to Comm Research Methods).

1. I am at Temple College

2. I have never dealt with them.

3. OER is my adotpted platform for this coming semester.

Hi, Wesley.  Do you mean you personally adopted OER, or your department or school did?

I have, every professor has different books, there are three other different text i know of

1. What is your name and institution?

   1. Heather Medley, Instructional Designer at South Plains College

2. How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before?

   1. some as a part of a team

3. How do you currently use OER in your position?

   1. I work with faculty and with the librians to find resources and promote the creation of resources for our faculty.

Hello Heather. My married name is Medley. Do you have family in Wisconsin?

My husband is adopted so I'm not sure. I'd love to find out though.

Hi Heather, I'm also an Instructional Designer. I would be interested in hearing more about how your college uses OER.

Hello Jorge,

We have a few departments that have created their own OERs and even master course templates in our LMS. Our administration supports OER by offering stipends for completion. We promote it through Professional Development workshops and integrate it into "off-topic" training as well.

Even through we have made some strides, I feel like we have a long way to go!

Thank you so much for sharing! I'm impressed by the emphasis on OER at your institution. I would love to hear the future advancements of OER at your college.

1. Sukanya Subramanian, Collin College, Texas

2. Yes

3. I am trying to develop an OER lab course for Non-majors biology

Hi, Sukanya!

It's nice to meet you! One of my colleagues, Mary Sides, has done some similar work for non-majors biology at MCC. She's had positive feedback about it, and she's in the group with us this summer. I hope you two are able to connect and share ideas. Mary's super nice (Hi, Mary!).

Best,

Jessica Zbeida

Hi Jessica,

Thank you for the introduction. I would love to connect with Mary. 

Hi Sukanya

This is Ravi from South Texas College, McAllen, Texas.

I developed an OER course in Physical Geology and taught it a few times.

Teaching s science course online using OER can be a challenge.

If there is anything you want to diiscuss regarding OER, please send me an email to raviunity2023@gmail.com.

Best Regards,

Ravi

Thanks Ravi. I will do that once I start building my course.

1. What is your name and institution? Monica Smith Hart, Associate Professor of English, West Texas A&M University

2. How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before? Selecting music for course videos; compiling course OER materials

3. How do you currently use OER in your position? I use OER in some courses, and I'm moving toward integrating more. A colleague and I are partnering on a writing and reading resource for first year composition.

I'm so excited to see someone from my undergrad alma mater here! (Is the Panhandle any cooler than South Texas right now? I hope so!)

Edit: I was so excited, I could not take time to run spellcheck. LOLOL.

1. Dan Brown, Temple College

2. I have not done any of that, Yet.

3. I do not currently use OER, because there is only one resourse I found in OER Commons that is created for Texas Government and it is 7 years old, I am in the process of remixing it for use in my class.

Hi, Dan!

Good to meet you. One of my colleagues, Prof. Felicia Gladden, has done a couple of podcast interviews for Texas Government that you might like to use/adapt. We're both at MCC in Waco. Texas government is unique, and it's interesting to see how to address it since other states aren't doing the same thing.

Thanks!

Jessica

Hi Jessica. Yes, that sounds great I would love to hear them. My email is daniel.brown@templejc.edu

Greg Lindstrom - Lone Star College

Some interaction based on creating curriculum

No, I do not use OER (yet)

Hi, Greg.  My friend is at Lone Star (Houston-North). 

Hi, Greg!

I am from LSC_SO_TWL.

It is good to see that I am not alone here. :)

I am Clayton Heberling, but everyone calls me Chance and I an adjunct faculty at Central Texas College.

This is my first experience working the the field and I am looking to create an OER from the ground up..

I use OER's in teaching ESL/ESOL. 

Hello, Chance!

I also use OER in ESOL, specifically Integrated Reading and Writing - I'd love to know what resources you've found helpful or the most useful. 

Afternoon Clayton. I would like to know the same as Brittany. We just had a meeting yesterday with one of our English professors and would love to know what resources you use. Same with you too Brittany. 

My name is Ravindra Nandigam (He/Him/His). My institution's name is South Texas College.

The OER textbook I am using for one of my courses is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

I am using an OER textbook and a lab manual to teach a course in Physical Geology.

Afternoon Ravindra. That's great you are using OER in your Geology course. What publisher are you using for the textbook?

Hi Quentin,

I am using Steven Earle's textbook.

• Attribution: Physical Geology – 2nd Edition by Steven Earle is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

Hello Ravindra,

R. Adam Dastrup from Salt Lake CC published a Physical Geography and Natural Disasters text last week - June 21, 2023. This work is licensed under a CC Attribution - NonCommerical-Sharealike 4.0 International License

https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/physicalgeography/

Suzel

Thank you for this information.

Ravi

1. What is your name and institution?

Stacy Ybarra, Adjunct: SAC, Full-time Job: Director of the Center of Teaching Excellence at OLLU

1. How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before?

In reviewing courses for quality matters

1. How do you currently use OER in your position?

I currently seek professional development opportunities for faculty at OLLU about OER and will be using an OER as an adjunct at SAC.

Hello Stacy. I worked at OLLU for 9 years, and left in 2014

What courses are you hoping to prioritize for the OER this fall?

Hi Dr. Ybarra!

Great to see you in this Advanced Skills OER course! Let me know how I can help you at OLLU.

Suzel

Hi Dr. Molina,

Thank you for your generosity, I will take you up on that offer :)

Respectfully,

Stacy

My name is Mary Sides, and I am an Associate Professor of Biology at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas.

I have taken a PD class on copyright. I hope to take the Creative Commons Certificate for Educators course in the future.

I currently use OER materials in my non-majors biology courses.

Hi Mary,

I am curious to find out how the learning resources in the OER compare to those of copywright materials.

Hi Praveena,

It very much depends on the resource. The OpenStax textbooks I have looked at compare quite favorably with publisher materials. They are peer-reviewed textbooks written by instructors at colleges and universities. They also have a mechanism for submitting suggested corrections to the textbooks. 

While the textbooks compare favorably with publisher materials, sometimes the quality of ancillary materials can be less than those that are associated with publisher created content. However, some of the publisher created ancillary materials I have seen for materials used in my ag classes are not as good as materials I have seen provided in the past. 

I hope this helps. If I can be of further assistance, I will be glad to do so.

Hi Mary,

Jessica mentioned that you have experience with OER biology manuals for non-majors. Would love to connect.

Best

Thanks

1. Johnny Gonzalez - South Texas College - Nursing and Allied Health
2. Very little, I have general knowledge of when it comes to Creative Commons and copyright. 

3. Currently its more of supportive role when it comes to OER and different depatments I support. 

Great to meet everyone!
Johnny G. 

1. Quentin Bellard, San Jacinto College

2. Being an instructional designer we have work on copyright on a daily basis to make sure that content used in the courses are in compliance with copyright policies. Licensing not so much. 

3. Our institution is heavily involved with OER adoption. We have an initiative in place that has currently saved our students over $32 million dollars since 2019. I also teach online and my course utilizes all OER content. 

Hi Quentin, I am always amazed at how innovative San Jac is. I enjoy teaching students transferred from San Jac!  

Anna from UHCL

Afternoon Anna. Yes I have discovered that in my short time here at the college. It's good to hear that you are loving teaching the students who transfer from here. 

1. My name is Dan Brown and I am a Professor of Government at Temple College.

2. I have not done anything with copyright or licensing before.

3. I currenlty do not use OER in my current role because only the U.S. Government course has an OER, I am working on the Texas Government OER so that I can hopefully transition by Spring 2024.

Hi Dan. I have an Adjuct professor who is looking for OER in Texas Govt. Do you think you could share your resources with me?

Hi Susan. Yes I wiould be glad to share what I have on Texas Government. Please pass my email to the Adjunct: daniel.brown@templejc.edu

Hi Dan,

Last August, Dr. Kris Seago at Austin Community College completed a Texas Government textbook. 

https://library.achievingthedream.org/austincctexasgovernment/

Complete a request form to receive the assignments and quizzes that are used with the above text.

1. Leanne Lentschke, Collin College

2. Not really

3.I have not used OER yet.

1. Irina Naoumova-Nolley, Lone Star College

2. I interacted with copyright minimally while designing sections of courses for my instructional designer certificate. (I do not create course content right now).

3. I do not use this particular OER but rather explore it to contribute to our catalog of open resources for faculty and staff.

1. Hi, my name is Jorge Mendoza and I'm an Instructional Designer at San Jacinto College.

2. I have researched copyright licenses because I used to create instructional videos and I needed to use music that I was able to use due to licensing.

3. While OER is already implemented in our institution, we would like to bring more awareness to OER.

1. My name is LaToya Watkins, Collin Colle

2. I have not interacted with them

3. I am using an OER textbook in my course

Hi, La Toya.

What content area do you teach (if faculty) or design?

Wendi

My name is Wendi J. W. Williams and I am a member of the Dept of Physical Sciences & Engineering  (Geosciences Educator focus) at South Texas College.  I currently use some publisher content through students purchasing portal access, but have been incrementally transitioning to self-developed or Creative Commons licensed OER content by building modules in our institution's course management system.

1. What is your name and institution?

2. How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before?

3. How do you currently use OER in your position?

Hi. I'm Susan Puccio from the Palo Alto College Ozuna Library in San Antonio, Texas. Last summer I was able to take the Creative Commons Certification for Academic Librarians. I pass. I am the current OER librarian. I assist faculty in locating OER matterials.

Susan, Here is some that I found.

https://oertx.highered.texas.gov/courses/texas-government-3

https://oertx.highered.texas.gov/courseware/lesson/2414

Dr. Tracy Spencer, Lamar Institute of Technology

No, I am learning this and it is a bit overwhelming at the moment.

Our department has been 98% OER for the last five years. I do worry if we need to go back and check copyright and licensing for what we have been doing.

Hi Tracy, 

I've wondered about the copyright and licensing for what I've used as well. This makes me nervous. 
 

Serena

Hi Tracy,  I agree!  I am worried that I won't be successful with developing the type of resource they are hoping for.

1. Professor Brittany K. Moore, Collin College - Frisco/Preston Ridge

2. I have basic experience with copyright and licensing, though mostly through training and publications (rather than OER application).

3. I exclusively teach OER courses (English and Integrated Reading and Writing) with cultivated and created resources on composition, rhetorical modes, academic research, and reading comprehension. 

Brittany,

Good morning. I will need your help

1. I am Serena Richards and I teach English at Collin College. 
2. No, not intentionally...?

3. I use OER in most of my courses. Some classes require texts, but I try to work with my students on that. 

My name is Praveena Dhayanithy and I teach Mathematics at Dallas College.

I have not interacted with copywright and licensing a little bit.  While exploring the prospect of authoring learning materials, I had a brief introduction.

I have used OER for College Algebra and Contemporary Mathematics.

Hi, Praveena!  I also teach mathematics, just north of you at Collin.  I'm working on OER materials for an OER statistics.

Hi Shanna,

An OER in Statistics will be a valuable resource for our students.  I plan to work on a "How to Learn" module with specific information on STEM topics.  

1. Tonya Cooper - Collin College

2. No, I have not

3. I do not use OER right now

Hi, everyone!

1.) Melissa Elston -- I'm currently an associate professor of English at Palo Alto College, and I'm on our college's OER team.

2.) Yes! Repeatedly!

3.) I have created two OER textbooks for use in our English program, and collaborated cross-institutionally with some colleagues at UTSA here in San Antonio on a writing handbook last year. As a member of the OER team at PAC, I also provide professional development for others who are trying to integrate OER more fully into their coursework. I'm currently teaching a summerlong PD course that serves as an incubator for new faculty-authored textbooks and similar OER resources. 

Happy to be here!

Hi Melissa! I'd love to hear more about the Professional Development and incubator you're working with over the summer!

Isabelle,

Sure! Here's a brief outline of the program. I'm teaching the third course. We have a current cohort of six. (The books listed as "in progress" at the end of the document are the projects folks are working on!)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19h4kpUTn5rs8oPhhJSiJSecfWmmCXbe4h0GWlmnXaLQ/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you for sharing Melissa!! I love the integration of the table - it makes keeping track of everything clear! Is the third course the advanced tier? If so have you been involved in the other tiers too? 

Yes and yes. My colleague Suzel Molina -- who is also in this Advanced Skills course -- has been doing it longer than me, but we've collaborated to offer OER-related professional development at our campus for the past few years. (Just wanted to acknowledge her presence here! :) )

 

1. Amanda Oswalt, Collin College

2. I have informally reviewed an OER class for accessibility and organization at my institution. In the past, I have also been awarded a grant for exploring OER resources at my institution. 

3. Currently, my composition ll course uses OER readings, and I'm looking to transition over my composition l course to do the same.

1. Karen Perry Hanvey, Collin College-Plano
2. Very little
3. My courses currently use First Day Access texts, but I am wanting to switch to OER

I am Kimberly Harris -- a Professor of Music at Collin College.  I have been working with OER for the past four years trying to move my music courses to fully OER.  Because of that, I am aware of the various copyright and licenses.  I currently use a variety of OER for my music appreciation courses.  I am currently working on currating a resource that will be a "one stop shop" for my course rather than having to have students access different open resources. To that end, my institution has granted me a sabbatical to complete my work, that will then be available to anyone -- especially, though to anyone who teaches MUSI 1306.

I'm excited to see your final product Kimberly!

1. What is your name and institution?

   -Xyanthine Parillon, University of Houston-Downtown
2. How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before?                                                              -Learning webinars- USPTO, looking or OER to use with a group at the institute

3. How do you currently use OER in your position?

   -Developing for Anatomy/Physiology Labs

1. Lisa Bentley; Stephen F. Austin State University (History, Secondary Education)

2. Yes, from a research standpoint/ teaching students "how to" in freshman level history courses.

3. I have not adopted OER in any of my courses. 

1. I'm Jack Andersen. I teach history at Collin College's Frisco Campus.

2. I have not.

3. I currently use OER to suppliment the publisher's textbook in my World Civilizations dual credit class. I have used OER before when I taught Texas history.

I'm Cailyn Dougherty and I work at Sam Houston State University as a Research Assocaite where I work with curriculum related tasks professors may need assistance for in digital spaces like Blackboard. One of those resources include OER.

1. What is your name and institution? Suzel Molina, Palo Alto College

2. How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before? Yes

3. How do you currently use OER in your position? I am a full-time Professor at Palo Alto College. I teach courses in the follow academic units: Teacher Education, Kinesiology, and Psychology. I co-lead OER at the college. This responsibilities are to create and facilitate professional development courses, assist faculty with researching open education resources, and help faculty with course development and design. 

1. Frank Spaniol, Kinesiology, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

2. Yes

3. Yes

Howdy All! My name is Isabelle, and I am the Open Educational REsources (OER) Librarian at Texas Stat University! 

I have learned about Creative Commons Licenses as a result of my work, and have the briefiest introduction to copyright, licensing, and laws around these areas as a result of some of my coursework. 

In my current position, I facilitate OER discovery, adoption, adaptation, and development - though this will be my first time generating openly licensed content on my own!

What is your name and institution?

Andres Padilla-Oviedo 

South Texas College

How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before?

I submitted the copyright request for my dissertation and became familiar with the Creative Commons when I started using Open Educational Resources in 2012.

How do you currently use OER in your position?

We use OER for our Bachelor Programs and our core courses. We want to provide the zero-cost option for core courses such as Mathematics, Biology, English, History, Government, etc. As an instructional designer, I help faculty fill in the gaps in the OER they are using. 

Thats cool that you submitted yourself for copyright. I had the librarian help me :) 

1. I am Soma Datta from the University of Houston-Clear Lake

2. Not before but yes for references and citations. 

3. Not Yet.

Hi,

My name is Cindy Miller and I'm an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University. I have not interacted with copyright and licensing before but will soon. I received a $5,000 grant from TTU to develop a new OER textbook by the Summer of 2024 for an undergraduate course because the current textbooks I was using have skyrocketed in price. So, this will be how I am using OER in my position for this upcoming year.

I am Cathy Garcia, MSN, RN, Professor at Tyler Junior College in Nursing.

I was on the OER Summer Project in 2021. I am currently doing contract writing for an OER textbook.

I use OER for my professionalism courses.  

1. What is your name and institution? Ebony Brown, Lone Star College- Creekside Center

2. How have you interacted with copyright and licensing before? I have never interacted with copyriht and licensing

3. How do you currently use OER in your position? I am in the process of learning, using, and creating OER