In the Pacific Northwest, we are faced with a 1 in 3 chance that a large earthquake will hit our community within the next 50 years. At Portland Community College, most of our students are not prepared for a disaster of this magnitude. The PCC Ready Bag & Community Resilience Project was created in order to increase equity on our campus through education, community building, and free “Ready Bag" starter kits. This project utilized community engagement and OER to create a truly student-centered project where students created openly-licensed materials to share with their community (and beyond). Asking students to become the educators positions them as change makers in their communities. In this session, the OER resources that were created by PCC students will be shared. We will discuss the process, the takeaways, and the lessons learned along the way. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on disaster preparedness resources for their own community.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Understand how community-based learning can be used to engage students in creating culturally relevant OER content
- Identify ways that student-created OER content can be adapted to be used in your local communities to increase preparedness and community building
