Sep 19, 2023 | Open Educational Resources
Mario Savio, shown here at a victory rally in University of California, Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on December 9, 1964. By Cailyn Nagle Freedom Summer and the Student Free Speech Movement In 1964, Mario Salvo stood in front of hundreds of fellow students and said,...
Sep 6, 2023 | Open Educational Resources, Spark Grants
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 1:4 adults in the United States have a disability, while 12.8% have a cognition disability and 4.8% have a visual disability. The inability to change contrast ratios, font sizes, font type, prohibit autoplay...
Aug 23, 2023 | Open Educational Resources, Spark Grants
Creative Commons licenses enable much of the open content across the arts, sciences, and academia, including open educational resources (OER). Creative Commons (CC) offers CC Certificate courses, or training on CC licensing and open tools, which have become a key tool...
Jul 28, 2023 | Open Educational Resources
By Cailyn Nagle Two years after Governor Gavin Newsom called out the usurious textbook marketplace and included $115 million in his budget for Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) degrees, it is time to take the pulse of California’s ZTC implementation. The infusion of support...
May 9, 2023 | Open Educational Resources
By Cailyn Nagle I do not own my home—like most of Los Angeles, I rent. Every month, a significant portion of my paycheck goes to strangers I’ve never met to keep a roof over my head and a lock on my door. There are benefits, of course, such as not needing to arrange...