Upcoming Events
Learn more about the presenters on our OER Champions page.
UNM OE Week Events
March 2 | 4 - 6 p.m. | Zimmerman 254
Zines & Paper Crafts Crafternoon
Want an afternoon study or work break? Join us for a crafternoon celebrating Open Educational Resources and indie publishing.
Bring your own project or come try one of ours for free, including Zine making and paper crafts. No registration needed!
Hosted by UNM OER and LRE-U Engagement
March 3 & 4 | 11 - 1 p.m. | Smith Plaza (Between Zimmerman and the SUB)
Join UNM OER and the Friends of the Public Library for a free book giveaway! The Friends will bring a wide selection of books for UNM students to take home.
Along with free books, you’ll also learn about the power of Open Educational Resources (OER):
- Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that anyone can freely use, adapt, and share. OER lower costs for students, expand access to course materials, and give educators the flexibility to customize content.
Stop by to:
- Pick up a free book to enjoy.
- There will be books in many languages to choose form: Arabic, English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili
- Learn how OER is transforming access to knowledge.
- Explore how open licensing makes it possible to reuse and remix educational and research materials.
- Get details on other Open Education Week events happening across campus.
March 4 | 2 - 3 p.m. | Zoom
Advocating for OER, One Step at a Time
Learn how higher education institutions across New Mexico are advancing open educational resources through advocacy. Panelists from Central New Mexico Community College, Eastern New Mexico University, Northern New Mexico College, Santa Fe Community College, and the University of New Mexico will discuss what OER advocacy looks like in different institutional settings, large and small. The discussion will cover short- and long-term planning, plus, how to create smaller, focused activities that can yield tangible results. Attendees will leave with concrete ideas for sustaining OER awareness, working together with faculty, and increasing Open Educational Practices (OEP).
Panelists
- Elisha Allen, Director, Online Strategies and Academic Technologies, UNM
- Christine Goshorn, Executive Director, Innovation & Instructional Support, CNM
- Jennifer Jordan, Principal Investigator, NMOER; OER Librarian and Assistant Professor, UNM
- Valerie Nye, Library Director, SFCC
- Martin Shupla, Library Director, NNMC
- Laura Wight, Director of Golden Library, ENMU
March 5 | 10 - 11 a.m. | Zoom
You’ve likely heard about OER and how it can save students money. But did you also know that OER can increase student engagement and retention? The 2022 Florida Student Survey found that 53% of the 13,000 students they surveyed did not purchase a required textbook for a course due to its cost. Because of textbook costs, forty-three percent of students in the survey took fewer courses, and twenty-four percent of students surveyed reported dropping out of a course (Florida Virtual Campus 2022).
The New Mexico Open Educational Resources Consortium, or the NMOER Consortium, is holding three workshops this fall to help NM educators find free, open, high-quality resources to use in their classes.
This workshop will also cover the different ways educators can integrate these resources into their courses. All New Mexico educators, students, staff, and administrators are invited to learn about how to get started with OER.
Presented by Jennifer Jordan, Principal Investigator, NMOER; OER Librarian and Assistant Professor, UNM
March 5 | 1 - 3 p.m. | Zimmerman 254
Zines & Paper Crafts Crafternoon
Want an afternoon study or work break? Join us for a crafternoon celebrating Open Educational Resources and indie publishing.
Bring your own project or come try one of ours for free, including Zine making and paper crafts. No registration needed!
Hosted by UNM OER and LRE-U Engagement
March 13 | 11 - 12 p.m. | Zoom & Zimmerman 254
I wrote this...For You: Framing Audience(s) for Your Open Education Resources
Determining who will read an open education resource (OER) is not a straightforward question. Sure, there are your students, but what are their needs? Also, placing your OER out into circulation brings the opportunity for new audiences. Who are they? What are your obligations to these audiences as you write/revise and OER? In this presentation we will think with a little bit of rhetorical theory about audience but also talk practically about how to think about and respond to audiences. Even if you have not (yet) written an OER, this presentation might be useful for broader conversations about (digital) instructional materials and their potential for relational responding to learners.
Presented by Dr. Mary Rice, Associate Professor, Literacy and Language Arts (LLA)
NMOER Community of Practice Meetings
The NMOER Community of Practice meetings are held Fridays from 10:30–11:30 a.m. and provide a friendly, informal space to connect with colleagues working on or thinking about OER. Participants are welcome to drop in at any time—there’s no expectation to stay the whole hour. These gatherings are a chance to share project updates, ask questions, discuss challenges, and exchange ideas. The goal is to create an inclusive community that supports one another and offers a sounding board to move forward.
Publishing, Demystified!
About to publish your first book? Working on a second or third book but have questions about what’s changed in the world of publishing? Looking for an academic or trade press that is the right fit for your project?
We invite you to a series of panel discussions that will investigate the changing landscape of book publishing.
UNM Tech Days 2026
The New Mexico OER Consortium (NMOER), is excited to participate in Tech Days at UNM. Presentation times are still being finalized. Please check back for updated schedules. Presentation and presenter details are available below.
Tech Days is a free, in-person event that offers no-cost sessions, discussions, and hands-on demos of current and future technological innovations at the University. This year during Tech Days, faculty who are actively integrating Open Educational Resources into their courses will present on their projects and curriculum during an OER Track at Tech Days on April 29th and April 30th.
The OER Track will be fully in person, bringing together post-secondary educators to learn directly from their peers about innovative approaches to integrating free and open resources into teaching and learning. Faculty teaching courses within New Mexico’s General Education Curriculum, as well as other undergraduate and graduate courses, will present materials that have been vetted, adopted, adapted, and created with New Mexico’s student population as the primary audience.
Presnetation & Presenter Details
The OER Evolution of US HIST 1110 & 1120
I will be demonstrating how over the course of the last year and a half, I have worked to develop both my US History 1 &2 courses into open educational resource based classes that have also expanded student accessibility.
Presented by Steve Martinez, Assistant Professor of History at SFCC.
Bridging the Gap in the Age of AI
Explore how the use of open pedagogy and authentic assessments can better prepare college students for success in the age of AI. Authentic assessments offer meaningful opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning by incorporating reflections on their cultures, experiences, and strengths, moving beyond reliance on traditional testing.
Presented by Joseph Ulibarri, Ph.D., Black Education Act Curriculum Specialist & Erica Wheeler, Humanities Specialist.
Developing OER for AI-Assisted ECURE Framework
Explore how the ECURE framework leverages AI to enhance research skills training using Open Educational Resources. Learn strategies for integrating AI tools in student learning. Demonstrate interactive features teaching hypothesis formation, data interpretation, and scientific reasoning while addressing academic integrity and accessibility. Practical approaches for creating sustainable, openly licensed lab manuals that reduce costs and prepare students for AI-integrated research.
Presenteed by K. Joseph Ho, Director of Chemical Education.
Open Education Mentoring Methods
Discover mentoring approaches supporting OER work at three New Mexico institutions: Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), and the University of New Mexico (UNM). Speakers will describe how they guide faculty in adopting, adapting, and creating OER. Methods reflect institutional context, faculty needs, and resources, offering a comparative view of OER support across community colleges and a research university.
Presented by Aamna Nayar, Director, Department of Dental Health, Santa Fe Community College, Alex Sousa, Instructor, Spanish and Portuguese, Department of Modern Languages, Central New Mexico Community College, & Jennifer Jordan, OER Librarian and Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico.
Rethinking Electrical Theory for Electricians
Learn about how CNM electrical trades is re-envisioning the approach and delivery of electrical theory for inspiring electricians through the implementation of an OER in place of a traditional textbook. This not only reduces costs for students but also streamlines the delivery of customizable curriculum to better suit the needs of students.
Presented by Eric M Barros, Full time electrical instructor at CNM
Faculty-Driven OER Creation Experience
Have you ever looked at a textbook and thought, “I could have written this better”? Or maybe you spend so much time supplementing your publisher textbook that students are essentially paying for something you are supplementing anyway. Hear how eight existing OERs turned into one comprehensive text with the NM OER initiative. Join us to explore the process, the challenges, and the benefits of creating OERs that truly meet your students’ needs.
Presented by Beth Pouska, Faculty, CNM School of Business, Hospitality &Technology & Kim Berlat, Senior Instructional Consultant, CNM Innovation and Instructional Support
NMOER Roadshow
OER Consultations
You can also learn more about Creative Commons licensing by contacting the OER Librarian in the University libraries:
Jennifer Jordan
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