[Libs-Or] Paid Open Education Opportunities

[Amy Hofer]

Hi all,

There is still time to register for the 2025 Oregon Virtual Statewide OER
Symposium
<https://openoregon.org/events/event/2025-oregon-virtual-statewide-oer-symposium/>,
taking place online on Friday, May 2, 2025. Part-time faculty and staff at
Oregon’s public community colleges and universities are eligible for
stipends for attendance and supplemental childcare.

Please read on for additional paid opportunities with Open Oregon
Educational Resources!

1. The call for OER grant proposals
<https://openoregon.org/events/event/2025-oer-grants/> is open through June
20. If you submit a proposal, please check your email over the summer to
answer followup questions and to find out whether you're receiving funding
for the 2025-27 biennium. (Bring your questions to the Grant Proposal Q&A
<https://openoregon.org/events/event/grant-proposal-qa-3/> on May 15, 12-1.)

2. The call for OER *mini-grant* proposals
<https://openoregon.org/events/event/mini-grants/> is open through May 9.
Receive $300 for very small open education projects that will take
approximately 6 hours of work to complete before June 30, 2025.

3. Register for the Equity and Open Education Faculty Cohort
<https://openoregon.org/events/event/equity-and-open-education-faculty-cohort-registration-for-summer-2025/>
by June 13. Participants will earn a $200 stipend upon completion of “Part
1- Explore” (July 7-August 8) and will have the option to earn an
additional $300 stipend in “Part 2- Implement” (August 11-Sept 5).

4. Register for a Virtual OER Review Workshop
<https://openoregon.org/summer-2025-virtual-oer-review-workshops/> taking
place on one of three dates: August 5, 1pm–2pm; August 6, 5pm–6pm; or
August 7th, 12pm–1pm. After the workshop, you’ll receive a $200-$300
stipend for writing a review of an open educational resource.

5. Oregon community college and university instructors *who teach courses
for preservice teachers* are invited to register for a Virtual Summer
Convening <https://openoregon.org/events/event/virtual-summer-convening-2/>
on September 8, 2025. Participants will receive a $400 stipend (and a $100
childcare stipend if applicable). A $750 grant is also available for
preservice faculty to redesign and pilot your course
<https://forms.gle/xnKhQ6z8RcPB45JN6> by June 30, 2026, using open
educational resources with an equity lens.

6. Sign up by October 14, 2025, for Open Oregon Educational Resources
to sponsor
your registration
<https://openoregon.org/events/event/sponsored-registration-for-2025-open-ed-conference/>
for virtual attendance at the Open Education Conference
<https://openeducationconference.org/>, October 28-30, 2025.

---> Before you close this email, please take direct action to ensure the
future of these opportunities by supporting the Student Basic Needs and
Workforce Stabilization Act (HB 3282 & HB 3183)
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/173IY13X_vQpdlITIn-HIJ4hjOp5PzU70/view?usp=drive_link>
:

   - Email the chairs of the Joint Ways & Means Committee and the Joint
   Ways & Means Education Subcommittee
   <https://secure.everyaction.com/hYgfBL6_5UGIHXpdpzLKRg2> (this link
   takes you to a template so it'll be fast!). An email in support of student
   basic needs is welcome any time, but this one is most useful by May 14.
   - RSVP for the Student Basic Needs Lobby Day
   <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSSkT0GDVUoAezxzHgQDWy2GI9rsLf2iyDx7bcgn0SnStAYw/viewform>
   on May 8, 8:30am-5pm, to meet with legislators in Salem. Funding is
   available to cover travel, housing, and food costs for this event.
   - Bring a sign to the Oregon State Capitol for the Hands Off: Higher
   Education Rally on May 8, 4-5pm (meet at Court & Summer St NE).
   - SHARE these actions widely!

Thanks,

Amy

-- 
Amy Hofer (she/her)
Statewide Open Education Program Director
Open Oregon Educational Resources <http://openoregon.org>
Schedule a meeting with me <https://calendly.com/hofera>
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