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AY 2025-26 Professional Learning and Incentive Program opens 9/8/25
UHCC OER offers programs that support professional learning around OER, Creative Commons licenses, and Open Pedagogy practices.
Whether you are new to OER or already use OER in your teaching, we have something for you. Opportunities include: OER Exploration Workshops, OER 101, Open Pedagogy Workshop, and Open Pedagogy Learning Circle. See program details below.
Visit the OER Award Program to learn more about OER Creation and Modification awards.
OER Exploration Workshop
OER Exploration Workshop
Date & Time: To be announced
Online
Registration opens soon
OER Exploration Workshop
OER Exploration Workshop
Open educational resources come in all shapes and sizes (an image, a video, a textbook, a course, a degree program). When used to replace for-cost materials, they can save students significant amounts of money and increase their engagement and sense of belonging.
If you are new to OER and want to learn more, or if you are still deciding if OER will work for you, please join us at an OER Exploration workshop.
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In this workshop, we will:
Discuss the reasons you may want to use OER in your courses, including designating your class(es) “Textbook Cost: $0” (TXT0).
Review the Creative Commons licenses that help us identify OER.
Search websites and repositories to find OER that work best for you and your students.
Use a rubric to evaluate an OER.
Search your college’s library website and catalog to find your subject librarian and course materials.*
UHCC participants attending an OER Exploration workshop will be offered an opportunity to join our Spring 2026 OER adoption award cycle. Details will be shared at the workshop.
*Although they are not considered OER, library resources will also be discussed as a way to lower the cost of course materials. Using OER textbooks or library resources in place of commercial textbooks saved students at the UH Community Colleges $4 million in just the 2024-2025 academic year.
Asynchronous Online Course Self-directed
Asynchronous Online Course Self-directed
Opens on September 15, 2025
Closes on April 30, 2026
OER 101 - Asynchronous Online Course
OER 101 - Asynchronous Online Course
This professional development gives you the basics for understanding what OERs are and how to use them as teaching materials. It will give you basic copyright, fair use, and licensing information and open your world to the more than one billion open educational resources online.
You will receive the foundation you need to add OER to your class, to adopt and modify OER, or create new OER. This knowledge is essential if you want to move your course to Textbook Cost: $0 (TXT0).
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UHCC participants will be compensated $400* for completing the requirements of the course and will receive an official UHCC OER 101 certificate. Twenty seats have been set aside for OER 101.
Estimated time commitment: 15-20 hours
If you plan to apply for the Modification Award (OERMA) or Creation Award (OERCA), you will need to complete OER 101 by end of December. The OERMA is for modifying a textbook or course and the OERCA is for creating a textbook or course to OER or Textbook Cost: $0.
* All incentive payments will be processed as an overload, subject to participant eligibility.
Open Pedagogy Workshop
Open Pedagogy Workshop
During this 90-minute long Zoom workshop, participants will:
Learn multiple definitions of open pedagogy and more broadly understand its relationship to OER and open education.
Explore key principles such as renewable assignments, student agency, and co-creation of knowledge.
See examples from UHCC faculty already using open pedagogy across disciplines.
Reflect on opportunities to integrate open pedagogy in their own courses.
Learn more about the Spring 2026 Open Pedagogy Learning Circle below. Individuals who attend the Open Pedagogy Workshop will have priority access to the learning circle.
Presented by Ashley Biddle, Assistant Professor, Leeward Community College
2022 Open Education Research Group Fellow
OERCA and OERMA awardee 2023, 2024, and 2025
Open Pedagogy Learning Circle
January - April 2026
Six 90-minute online meetings
Registration opens October 2025
Open Pedagogy Learning Circle
Open Pedagogy Learning Circle
The purpose of this initiative is to deepen faculty understanding of open pedagogy and support the adoption of practices that foster student agency, community-engaged learning, and culturally sustaining approaches, particularly in ways aligned with the UHCC mission and student body.
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Spring 2026 Meeting Schedule (subject to change)
Jan 2026 - What is Open Pedagogy?
Feb 2026 - Student Perceptions of Open Pedagogy
Feb 2026 - Logistical Considerations of Open Pedagogy
Mar 2026 - Open Pedagogy in the UHCC System
Mar 2026 - Open Pedagogy and Social Justice
Apr 2026 - Wrap-Up and Looking Ahead
UHCC participants will be compensated $400* for completing the requirements of the learning circle and will receive an official UHCC OER Open Pedagogy certificate. Twelve (12) seats have been set aside for the learning circle.
Estimated time commitment: 15 hours
Individuals who attend the Open Pedagogy Workshop on October 21, 2025, will have priority access to this program.
* All incentive payments will be processed as an overload, subject to participant eligibility.
Questions?
Questions?
For questions about these opportunities, please contact your campus UHCC OER campus lead or email uhccoer@hawaii.edu.
Attributions and Licenses
Attributions and Licenses
Taro field header photo by Daniele Nabissi on UnsplashSummit view photo by Wayde OshiroOpen photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash
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