MEMBER NEWS: Coalinga College: OER Teaching and Learning Forum is May 16
‘A morning of learning and strategizing about OERs’ – Goldrick-Rab to keynote
The Teaching and Learning Forum “Relevance & Application through Open Education Resources (OER)” will be presented by Coalinga College May 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Harris Ranch in Coalinga (24505 W. Dorris Ave).
Sociologist Sara Goldrick-Rab will keynote the event designed to provide a morning of learning and strategizing about OERs. The event is funded through the Fresno Madera K-16 Collaborative.
The forum will feature students addressing barriers and fostering belonging and support
Participants will explore how OER enhances student access, affordability, and success; hear from faculty about their experiences developing and using OER; engage in meaningful discussions on the impact of OER in teaching and learning; and discover strategies to integrate OER into your courses effectively.
Goldrick-Rab is a scholar-activist who founded the #RealCollege movement “to support students’ basic needs and advance a more just vision of higher education.”
Her website describes #RealCollege as a global movement dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by college students:
“The work focuses on raising awareness about the real-life experiences and struggles of students, especially those from marginalized communities. It highlights often-overlooked issues reflecting students’ basic needs— food and housing insecurity, mental health, child care, transportation, and so on. The goal is to amplify students voices, foster dialogue, and drive systemic change in higher education institutions and public policies.”
Among her activism is spending six years learning from the experiences of thousands of low-income college students and writing an award-winning book, “Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream” (University of Chicago, 2016).
