The MHEC OER Technology Working Group first convened in January 2021. During these initial meetings, the working group used a Miro board to capture the areas where technology intersects with OER, challenges associated with OER and IT, and needs for the OER community around technology.
Out of this brainstorming it became apparent that there are a lot of challenges around technology products to author and publish OER, and that the current marketplace is relatively immature and sometimes difficult to navigate. The MHEC Technology work group would benefit from more insight into the features, functions, and capabilities of various tools and platforms that can be used for authoring and publishing OER.
To this end, this working group is hosting a series of discussions with some of the major providers of OER technology tools. MHEC hopes to use these conversations to inform OER state advocates about the features, functions, and capabilities of the current tools on the market, as well as to provide a forum between the Midwestern OER community and the marketplace to help vendors continue to develop new tools and improve existing ones.
Open Publishing Platforms
Pressbooks
- Recording - June 9, 2021
- Backbone of an Open Publishing Ecosystem (Hugh McGuire, Founder & CEO, Pressbooks)
- An Online Content & Courseware Development Platform (Sarah Simpson, Pressbooks Sales Executive)
Libretexts
- Recording - June 9, 2021
- Unleashing the Power of Open with The LibreTexts presentation (Delmar Larsen, Executive Director, LibreTexts, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis)
Manifold
- Recording - July 7, 2021
- Manifold Scholarship (Krystyna Michael, The Graduate Center, CUNY)
CBOX OpenLab
- Recording - July 7, 2021
- Commons In A Box OpenLab: Open Infrastructure for OER (jean amaral, Associate Professor/Open Knowledge Librarian, BMCC; Charlie Edwards, CBOX OpenLab Co-Project Director & OpenLab Co-Director, City Tech; Jody Rosen, OpenLab Co-Director & Associate Professor of English, City Tech; & Chris Stein, Chair, Media Arts & Technology, BMCC)
Open Source Tools for Mathematics
Mathjax
- Recording – September 8, 2021
- MathJax: Accessible Mathematics on the Web (Davide P. Cervone, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Union College)
WeBWork
- Recording – September 8, 2021
- WeBWork Presentation for MHEC OER Technology Working Group (Alex Jordan, Mathematics Instructor, Portland Community College and Robin Cruz, Mathematics Instructor, The College of Idaho)
MyOpenMath
- Recording – September 8, 2021
- Free and Open Online Homework for Free and Open Textbooks (Mike Jenck, Mathematics Instructor, Yakima Valley Community College)
PreTeXt
- Recording – September 8, 2021
- PreTeXt: Write Once,Read Anywhere (Rob Beezer, Professor of Mathematics, University of Puget Sound)
Open Source Tools for Interactivity
H5P
- Recording - October 6, 2021
- Branching into H5P (Alan Levine, Strategy and Engagement Director, Open Education Global)
Hypothes.is
- Recording - October 6, 2021
- Hypothesis Social Annotation (Nate Angell, Director of Marketing, Hypothes.is)
PhET Interactive Simulations
- Recording - October 6, 2021
- Advancing science and math education through OER (Kathy Perkins, Director, PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado, Boulder)
OER Technology Tools for Inclusivity and Accessibility
Links from presentation from Jess Mitchell, Senior Manager, Research + Design at the Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University in Toronto
- Flexible Learning for Online Learners (FLOE)
- Inclusive Design Research Centre
- FLOE Inclusive Learning Design Handbook
- The Inclusive Design Guide
- Community-Led Co-design Kit
- SNOW Inclusive Learning & Education
- Fluid is a project of the Inclusive Design Research Centre
- PhET
- Recording - March 16, 2022
OER Repositories and Search Tools
OER Search Tips and Tools (Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Iowa State University)
Recording - March 8, 2022
OER Courseware
Lumen
- Recording - April 28, 2022
- Lumen Presentation
PanOpen Education
- Recording - April 28, 2022
- PanOpen Presentation
Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative