About the OER Council
In the 2017 session, the Colorado legislature passed and the Governor signed Senate Bill 17-258, which created the Open Educational Resources Council. This statewide body is charged to develop a plan for resources to benefit college and K-12 students throughout Colorado.
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Council’s report, submitted to the Joint Budget Committee and Education Committee in November 2017, found increased adoption of freely available online teaching and learning materials could significantly benefit students through cost savings, improved learning and higher student retention. Read the report.
2018 OER Council
2018 OER Council Membership
| Name | Institution | |
| Dan Baer | Colorado Department of Higher Education | dan.baer@dhe.state.co.us |
| Katy Anthes | Colorado Department of Education | Anthes_K@cde.state.co.us |
| Eugene Hainer | Colorado Department of Education | Hainer_g@cde.state.co.us |
| Claire van der Plas | Adams State University | cvanderplas@adams.edu |
| Meg Brown-Sica | Colorado State University | meg.brown-sica@coloradostate.edu |
| Courtney Bruch | CSU Global | courtney.bruch@csuglobal.edu |
| Jonathan Poritz | CSU-Pueblo | jonathan.poritz@csupueblo.edu |
| Alana Mitchell | CSU-Pueblo and University of Colorado Colorado Springs | Alana.Mitchell@ppcc.edu |
| Karen Danielson | Community College of Denver | Karen.danielson@ccd.edu |
| Tina Parscal | CCCOnline | Tina.parscal@cccs.edu |
| Brittany Dudek | Colorado Community College System | Brittany.Dudek@cccs.edu |
| Gloria Eastman | Metropolitan State University of Denver | geastman@msudenver.edu |
| Deborah Keyen-Franssen | University of Colorado System | deblkf@cu.edu |
| Helen Reed | University of Northern Colorado | Helen.Reed@unco.edu |
| Dustin Fife | Western State Colorado University | dfife@western.edu |
2017 OER Council
2017 Meeting Dates
Meeting times are determined by the OER Council and meetings are held from 1-3 p.m. at the CDHE office, 1560 Broadway. Remote access for telecommuters is available.
| June 29, 2017 |
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| Aug. 3, 2017 | ||
| Sept. 22, 2017 | ||
| Oct. 13 | ||
| Oct. 25 |
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| Nov. 3 |
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OER Council Membership
| Last Name | First Name | Institution | |
| Reed | Kim Hunter | CDHE | Kim.HunterReed@dhe.state.co.us |
| Martinez | Renee | CDE | Martinez_R@cde.state.co.us |
| Hainer | Eugene | CDE/State Library | hainer_g@cde.state.co.us |
| Keyen-Franssen | Deborah | CU System | deblkf@cu.edu |
| Brown-Sica | Meg | CSU | meg.brown-sica@coloradostate.edu |
| Reed | Helen | UNC | Helen.Reed@unco.edu |
| Dudek | Brittany | CCCS | Brittany.Dudek@cccs.edu |
| Parscal | Tina | CCCOnline | Tina.parscal@cccs.edu |
| Poritz | Jonathan | CSU-Pueblo | jonathan.poritz@csupueblo.edu |
| Leontyev | Alex | ASU | alexleontyev@adams.edu |
| Ragan | Emily | MSU | eragan@msudenver.edu |
| Danielson | Karen | CCD | Karen.danielson@ccd.edu |
| Bruch | Courtney | CSU Global | courtney.bruch@csuglobal.edu |