Open Textbooks – 51ÁÔÆæ Libraries /libraries/tag/open-textbooks/ Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:17:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Introduction to OER Adoption Virtual Workshop  /libraries/event/oer-adoption-workshop-3/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000 /libraries/?post_type=tribe_events&p=43644 This virtual workshop on Friday, October 18 from 12:00-1:30 pm will introduce faculty to open textbooks — a type of open educational resource (OER) — and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and engagement. Faculty are …

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]]> This virtual workshop on Friday, October 18 from 12:00-1:30 pm will introduce faculty to open textbooks — a type of open educational resource (OER) — and the benefits these textbooks offer: affordability, pedagogical practice, student learning, and engagement. Faculty are then invited to engage with open textbooks by writing a brief review of a book in the .

Several 51ÁÔÆæ courses use Open Textbooks, removing textbook cost as a barrier to student success. For more information about 51ÁÔÆæ’s Open Textbook and OER initiative, see the .

Please register to attend. Participants are asked to select an open textbook for review. Instructors who complete the review process will be eligible for a $200 stipend.  Stipends are awarded as an S&E transfer from GPR/101 to GPR/101 lines only.

.  Please use this form to RSVP by Wednesday, October 16.

Contact Kristin Woodward (kristinw@uwm.edu) for additional details or to request accommodations.

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