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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/open-washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/open-washington" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><b><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81);">Washington
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:black;background:white">We are thrilled to share with you a new inventory of OER for Washington community and technical colleges (WACTC). </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:black">This inventory
introduces selected/peer-reviewed OER for WACTC's 100 highest enrolled courses. WACTC faculty members are<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">invited<span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span> </span>to join<span> </span></span>a<span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span> </span>subject
group and contribute resources. See</span><span> </span>the<span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/washington100-guide" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://tinyurl.com/washington100-guide" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><b><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">How
to Contribute</span></b></a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:black"><span> </span>guide for more information. </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:black">Special thanks to Colleen Sanders and Katherine</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt"><span> </span><span style="margin:0px;color:black">Kelley, WACTC's OER advocates</span>,<span style="margin:0px;color:black"><span> </span>who
have compiled the resources for this inventory. We are also grateful for the guidance provided by the OER workgroups of the WACTC system’s eLearning and<span> </span></span>l<span style="margin:0px;color:black">ibrary leadership council</span>s<span style="margin:0px;color:black">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:black">To that end, we invite<span> </span><span style="margin:0px;background:white">WACTC faculty members to visit<span> </span><a href="https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/open-washington" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/open-washington" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px;color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><b>Washington
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Check out<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:windowtext">the<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">OER in your field</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Join<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:windowtext">a</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt"><span> </span>subject group</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Contribute your own resource as OER or<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:windowtext">r</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">ecommend your favorite OER</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:windowtext">Share this news with</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt"><span> </span>your fellow<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;color:windowtext">colleagues -</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt"><span> </span>especially
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<a></a><span style=""><b><span style="font-family:Candara,Optima,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-family:Ebrima"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Candara,Optima,sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt"></span><span style=""><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Ebrima">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Ebrima"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span></p>
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