2025 Open and Equitable Course Material Community of Practice | University Library

"The University Library is thrilled to announce the 2025 Open and Equitable Course Material Community of Practice. As part of the Community of Practice, four faculty members are partnering with the library to replace one module or section of their course with an existing Open Educational Resource (OER) which they will customize using an equity lens. The Teaching and Learning Center has also provided course design expertise to the Community of Practice. Participating faculty include Nandini Bhattacharya (Math), Amy Furniss (Physics), Brenda Sanfilippo (Writing), and Guido Bordignon (Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology). Their work adapting OER will impact hundreds of UCSC students taking key gateway courses, including Precalculus, Introductory Physics, Rhetoric and Inquiry, and Cell and Molecular Biology, respectively...."