This poster helps to explain the development process of the OER-DEIA Guide developed by K-12 Voices for Open, which can also be found on OER Commons.

This Guide details a variety of resources useful for evaluating and selecting appropriate and accessible OERs that will be usable by the broadest range of learners

Welcome to the Open Pedagogy Student Toolkit! The goal of this toolkit is to provide you, the student, a self-paced resource that will guide you through the ins and outs of open pedagogy, including defining open pedagogy, the benefits of open pedagogy, and student creator rights.

How To Use This Toolkit

For Students: If this is your first time in a class that uses open pedagogy we are excited for you! Your instructor is working towards creating a more equitable and engaging environment for you to learn in, and this is an opportunity to take agency over your own educational experience. We hope this toolkit will provide the support you need to understand not only why your instructor is incorporating open pedagogy into your class, but also the benefits of open pedagogy, and your rights and responsibilities as a creator.

The toolkit is broken down into two parts: What is Open Pedagogy? and So You're the Creator, Now What? The first part will introduce you to open pedagogy, its benefits, and some examples you might experience in your class. The second part focuses on the more logistical side of open pedagogy: your rights and responsibilities as a creator and how to exercise those rights and responsibilities.

Your instructor might assign just a few chapters and sections of this toolkit to further build your knowledge on open pedagogy, or you might be asked to go through the whole toolkit at your own pace.

For Instructors: If this is the first time you are incorporating open pedagogy and renewable assignments into your class, congratulations! You are working towards creating a more equitable and engaging environment for you students to learn in and to take agency in their own education. With that said, there is a lot to think about to ensure that your students get the most out of their experience in your class. This toolkit is a resource to provide additional context, background, and scaffolding for your students on the basics of open pedagogy, the benefits of open pedagogy, and student creator rights and responsibilities.

The toolkit is broken down into two parts: What is Open Pedagogy? and So You're the Creator, Now What? The first part will introduce your students to open pedagogy, its benefits, and some examples they might experience in your class. The second part focuses on the more logistical side of open pedagogy: student creator rights and responsibilities and how they can exercise those rights and responsibilities.

You can adapt any section of this toolkit for your class, or use it as a whole to give your students a self-paced guide.

The materials in this module -- including PowerPoint slides and a handout -- were developed for the Washington State Canvas Conference (WACC) 2019, co-presented by an Instructional Designer and OER Librarian. Therefore, the focus is on best practices of integrating UDL and OE principles and materials into Canvas courses. However, many concepts are basic and universal and could be adapted to any learning management system. These materials were also designed for a 60-minute session but could easily be adapted for a longer session or workshop. These materials were designed for educators already familiar with the basic concepts of UDL and OER.

Oregon Department of Education's Program Analyst and Instructional Materials Coordinator Aujalee Moore shares the states processes and guidelines for school district purchases of accessible curriculum and supplemental materials for K-12.

This webinar presents information about Bookshare and how the service can be used to ensure timely access to accessible instructional materials.

Audio Books
Books come on cartridges that are customized to a user’s requests and preferences. There can be up to 8 books on each cartridge. You can add, remove, or update your preferences at any time by contacting our helpful staff at 800-452-0292 or talkingbooks.info@slo.oregon.gov.

About 15% of the world’s population lives with some form of disability.  Many are not having their needs met because of barriers to participation in rituals, worship and faith community activities at their places of worship. To truly empower people with disabilities to become agents of positive change in their local communities, we recognize that everyone has a role to play. Our Doors Are Open seminar helps all faith communities to understand how to open their mind, hearts, and doors to people with all kinds of abilities. Traditionally, faith communities position people with disabilities as recipients of care and not as givers. Most faith communities do not have proper representation of people with disabilities throughout their activities despite a desire to be open and inclusive. This disparity is often the result of lack of understanding of how to think about disability differently. In this seminar, students will learn the social model of disability, which positions disability as a function of exclusively designed environments rather than a lack of ability. Our Doors Are Open Seminar will guide students on how to see their activities and situations through an inclusive lens as well as how to take actions to improve inclusion and achieve the welcoming goals of congregations.

Our Very Own Tree: Tactile Graphics and Slide Presentations
Science, literacy, tactile graphics, concepts, slide presentation, identifying/labeling pictures, and more all rolled into these tree-related activities!

In this section, you and your team will engage in a Landscape Analysis to uncover key structures and supports that can guide your work to support Accessibility in OER. You may or may not answer all of these questions, but this is an offering.

The process of leaving the support systems put in place by our high school can sometimes be difficult to navigate. As AT Specialists, we have a wealth of experience in assisting and witnessing the varied paths people take to find meaningful work and/or post-high school education after leaving high school. This presentation focuses on the technology that has opened doors for people that have successfully transitioned to the adult world.

Personalizing the Writing Experience

A person using both a paper notebook and pen alongside a laptop computer
We often take for granted just how complex the act of writing is, and the range of mental and motor skills it involves. While we each go about the process of writing in our own unique way, some distinct steps are typically involved: pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing.

You may experience barriers in any of these steps of the writing process that can keep you from being a successful writer. Fortunately, the devices many of us already own have a range of built-in features to support you at each stage of the writing process, and many free or low-cost apps and extensions are also available.

Information and video tutorials to help teachers and students take advantage of built-in features, apps and extensions on a variety of devices to support a personalized and accessible reading experience for everyone.

The PPSC team's goal for this  Landscape Analysis series is to improve our accessibility and UDL knowledge by using SLIDE and POUR. We will then educate faculty and staff on the importance of accessibility and introduce SLIDE and POUR as tools they can use to improve their accessibility skills.We have been on our OER journey since 2018 but there is always more to learn. Please note that the Pikes Peak State College logo is copywritten. Please contact Jacqueline Tomrdle at Jacqueline.tomrdle@pikespeak.edu for more information on use.

This article describes the principle of Universal Design for Learning and how teachers can use this principle when designing lessons.

User Scenarios and Use Cases for Tools developed for the Preferences for Global Access Research and Design Project.

This is a recording of the monthly Oregon AT and AEM Cohort meeting from September 26, 2024. Guest speakers Daniel Cochrane and Sayard Bass join us to discuss the use of AT in Post-Secondary settings and transitions.

6.811: Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology (PPAT) is an interdisciplinary, project-based course, centered around a design project in which small teams of students work closely with a person with a disability in the Cambridge area to design a device, piece of equipment, app, or other solution that helps them live more independently.

This resource explains what accessibility means, why it’s important, who requires it, and how educational agencies can meet their responsibilities.

Digital accessibility skills are in high demand, as the world becomes more aware of barriers in digital content that prevent some people from participating in a digital society. These are essential skills for web developers, and essential knowledge for organizations that want to ensure their web content is reaching the broadest audience possible.