Events & News

Stay connected with what’s happening across New Mexico’s OER community. Most upcoming events and announcements are shared in our monthly newsletter, along with highlights from across the state.

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay informed, and explore all past editions in the UNM Digital Repository.

Upcoming Events

  • Open Access Month 2026
  • Annual Consortium Stakeholders Meeting
  • Faculty development webinars and trainings
  • Regional and national OER conferences
  • NMOER hosts events all year long!
  • Learn more about all of our OER Champions

NMOER Community of Practice Meetings 

The NMOER Community of Practice meetings are held Fridays from 10:30–11:30 a.m. and provide a friendly, informal space to connect with colleagues working on or thinking about OER. Participants are welcome to drop in at any time—there’s no expectation to stay the whole hour. These gatherings are a chance to share project updates, ask questions, discuss challenges, and exchange ideas. The goal is to create an inclusive community that supports one another and offers a sounding board to move forward. 

 NMOER Community of Practice Meetings. Fridays 10:30 am - 11:30 am. Join us for a friendly, welcoming, and informal gathering! Share your projects, challenges, ideas, and questions about OER. This space is all about connecting, supporting each other, and talking shop. Drop in anytime! No need to stay the whole hour. Link and QR code to the calendar of events.

 

News & Announcements

  • OER in the news
  • Welcoming new member institutions
  • Celebrations of student and faculty success with OER
  • New funding and grant opportunities

UNM Receives $1.554 million federal grant to grow NMOER Consortium

The University of New Mexico has been selected as one of the recipients of the federal Open Textbook Grant for $1.554 million, recognizing its commitment to advancing education through Open Educational Resources (OER). With this grant funding, UNM will continue to expand the New Mexico Open Educational Resources (NMOER) Consortium, along with Central New Mexico Community College (CNM), Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU), Northern New Mexico College (NNMC), Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), and Southeast New Mexico College (SENMC), which aims to help faculty across the state adopt, adapt, and create open-access materials. UNM University Libraries OER Librarian, Jennifer Jordan, is the principal investigator for the program, and Elisha Allen, UNM director of Online Strategies and Academic Technologies, will be a co-PI.

Phase II program goals include scaling more OER adoption across the state into more rural areas and growing the consortium to seven institutions by 2028. The grant includes an educational webinar series on AI and a program to create AI-enhanced OER through the use of open pedagogy. Senior personnel and Associate Professor in the College of Education Mary Rice will guide the use of advanced technologies for teaching and teacher education as efforts to build pedagogical skills and increase subject matter knowledge.

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