OERColorado

02/02/2026

SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, recently shared about OER in Colorado and their OER Policy Playbook!

*Colorado's success in SPARC's impact story: https://sparcopen.org/impact-story/colorado-open-educational-resources/
*Learn how to advocate for change with state policy recommendations in the Policy Playbook:https://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SPARC_OER_State_Policy_Playbook_2026.pdf

11/06/2025

Save the Date! Friday, May 29 at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton

The theme of the 2026 Colorado OER Conference is “Open for Good: Resilience, Innovation and Collaboration.” At the conference, we will explore adapting during crises, inspiring projects, community building, and co-creating with students through open pedagogy.

Aspen trees are quintessential Colorado. These vibrant icons of our state's landscape are resilient and adaptive, often the first to return after a fire due to sharing resources through a communal root system. The interconnectedness of aspen trees is symbolic of our 2026 theme. Together we will celebrate the Colorado open education community's resilience, innovation, and collaboration in creating a more sustainable education system for everyone.

Sign Up for Colorado OER Conference Updates:
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09/30/2025

AI and OER intersect! Read about how The Institute of Museum and Library Services is supporting the Presidential AI Challenge here: https://www.imls.gov/communities-impact/presidential-ai-challenge. Learn about statewide OER for PK-12+ at CDE (https://www.cde.state.co.us/onlinelearning/currentwork) and CDHE (https://cdhe.colorado.gov/open-educational-resources-in-colorado). Contact us at [email protected] anytime!

06/09/2025

Tuesday, 6/10! We will be at tomorrow's Colorado Department of Education’s Highly Effective Schools Through Libraries (HESTL) education conference designed to elevate statewide library services and instruction for K-12 youth. Stop by the OERColorado exhibitor table to learn more about the state's K-12 OER project and OER in general!

03/05/2025

Want to learn more about OERColorado but missed today's OE Week webinar? Watch now to find out how the resource materials and collaboration spaces on the OERColorado Hub and Microsite platforms are free and available to all educators and educational entities!

The OERColorado Team and CDE hosted an informational webinar about the K-12 OER Project and OERColorado platforms during the global, annual Open Education (O...

02/14/2025

In celebration of the annual Open Education Week in March, the Office of Online and Blended Learning (OBL) is hosting an informational webinar on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 4:00pm MST about the OERColorado Hub and OERColorado Microsite platforms. These platforms include free, openly-licensed education materials for Colorado’s classrooms and educators. For more information, contact the OERColorado Team at [email protected]

09/03/2024

Governor Jared Polis recently shared about OERColorado's educational resources! Visit the OERColorado Hub (https://oercommons.org/hubs/oercolorado) and OERColorado Microsite (https://oercolorado.org/) to access and use the free materials.

Now is an excellent time to remind teachers and students in Colorado about the free educational resources available from a state-sponsored digital library. Everyone can access these resources, and Colorado public educators can create a free account today.

https://oercolorado.org/

08/30/2024

OERColorado.org welcomes Douglas County as it's newest contributor of quality Colorado History resources. Check out our new collection with history lessons and acces to the Douglas County Virtual Library! https://oercolorado.org/curated-collections/194?__hub_id=10 Douglas County - GovernmentColorado Department of Education

08/27/2024

OERColorado thanks Governor Jared Polis for recognizing the awesome potential OER has for PK-12 Educators in Colorado! Check out our free resources! Colorado Learns Through Shared Knowledge Colorado Department of Education OpenEdu

Now is an excellent time to remind teachers and students in Colorado about the free educational resources available from a state-sponsored digital library. Everyone can access these resources, and Colorado public educators can create a free account today.

https://oercolorado.org/

07/18/2024

is proud to support Colorado's PK-12 Teachers. Visit OERColorado.org today for a free account and access to thousands of quality openly-licensed educational resources. Thanks Colorado Department of Education for the recognition.

07/17/2024

The Colorado Department of Education recently posted about the OERColorado Hub (https://lnkd.in/g-EHKmM5) and OERColorado Microsite (https://oercolorado.org/) platforms with openly-licensed, free PK-12+ educational resources! The OER Project for Colorado has developed these platforms since 2022 with the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) to provide a digital repository of K-12 materials for the public to access and use.

06/13/2024

Museums of Western Colorado celebrates Juneteenth and Early Black Settlers in Colorado https://www.museumofwesternco.com/history/juneteenth-and-early-black-settlers-in-colorado/