Open Texas

Greetings OERTX Community,

As we approach the two-year anniversary of the OERTX repository, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) invites you as a valued member of the OERTX community to participate in OERTX Celebration Week, September 26 – 30. During this week of celebration, we will highlight how the THECB has partnered with members of the OER community to create programs, grants, resources, and services to increase awareness of, build capacity for, and recognize digital excellence in open educational resources and open education practices.

Launched in September 2020, the OERTX repository represents a growing collection of over 9,000 open educational resources curated and created for educators and students. The OERTX community is made up of more than 243,000 users globally and fosters community engagements through 53 groups and 7 professional networking hubs.

Join us for an OERTX Showcase and OERTX training sessions to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the repository:

• Monday, Sept. 26 from 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. CST Using OERTX: Supporting open education and building an OER community

Come join the OERTX community to find resources and navigate the tools that are available to help you curate and create OER. This session will introduce the tools of the OERTX platform including advanced searching, joining groups, and adapting/creating resources. We will highlight collections of resources so that you will be ready to find and use OER effectively. 

Join session here: Using OERTX: Supporting open education and building an OER community

• Thursday, September 29, 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. CST OERTX Showcase

This session will showcase how OERTX has contributed to widespread use of OER across the state. Faculty will share how they use OERTX to impact teaching and learning, and how they have supported the use of OER on their campuses. Come join us as we explore the features of OERTX and how they can be leveraged for individual and institutional success.

Join session here: OERTX Showcase

• Friday, September 30, 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. CST Elevating your use of OERTX

Join the OERTX team to discover how to connect with our OER community and utilize collaborative tools to find, organize, edit, and share resources. We will highlight ways to make your courseware more engaging and accessible to all learners, and best practices for continuous improvement.

Join session here: Elevating your use of OERTX

Please share with the OER community at your campus, librarians, instructional designers, faculty and department heads, administrators, and faculty development leads. We look forward to celebrating this milestone for OER in Texas!   

Questions about THECB digital learning initiatives should be emailed to digitallearning@highered.texas.gov.