Session Recording_Building Resources, Community, and Collaboration Across Texas Through the Statewide Repository, OERTX
Building Resources, Community, and Collaboration Across Texas Through the Statewide Repository, OERTX
Overview
Archived session from the 2023 Arizona Regional OER Conference.
Session Title: Building Resources, Community, and Collaboration Across Texas Through the Statewide Repository, OERTX
This resource includes the session abstract, presenters, PPT, and recording.
Session Abstract, PPT, and Recording
Session Abstract
In September of 2020, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board launched OERTX, the state’s repository for open educational resources. Provided through a partnership with the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), OERTX is made possible by an appropriation from the Texas Legislature, House Bill 3652 (86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session). Additional support to enhance the repository and strengthen institutional awareness of the resource included funding through the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds.
Since launching two years ago, OERTX now includes more than 240,000 global users. It provides access to over 9,000 educational resources for Texas Core Curriculum courses and career and technical courses, and materials that support effective teaching and learning. OERTX serves to build collaboration and professional development communities of practice through the creation of network hubs and groups to share collections associated with a subject, project, or organization. In 2022, OERTX received the Open Education Global Open Policy Award for its outstanding contribution to the Open Education community.
In this session, presenters will discuss the development of the repository, collaboration and community building initiatives that leverage the site’s built-in tools, and research that will drive improvements for resource discovery and creation.
Presenters
Michelle Singh, Assistant Commissioner, Digital Learning, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
Kylah Torre, Director, Digital Learning, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)
Elizabeth Tolman, Program Director, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)