Are you a faculty, staff member, or librarian hoping to adapt an Open Textbook? This month’s Office Hours session on adapting open textbooks will help! Watch the video recording, or read a summary below. In January’s Office Hours event from Open Textbook Network and Rebus Community, faculty and staff who have adapted open textbooks discussedKeep reading “January Office Hours Recap & Video: Adapting Open Textbooks”
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New Resource: Rebus Community Contributor Engagement Guide
Central to our mission at Rebus is the goal to document the process involved in publishing open textbooks so others can use what we learn to create their own. Our hope is that the resources we develop can simplify the workflow for open textbook creators everywhere. We have been working hard on several of these resources over theKeep reading “New Resource: Rebus Community Contributor Engagement Guide”
Behind the Scenes: Reflections on December’s Office Hours (International Perspectives)
Rebus Community and the Open Textbook Network held an Office Hours session sharing some international perspectives on open textbooks. Keep reading to learn more about the process involved in this unique session. If you missed it, you can still watch the session online or read a full transcript. For December’s Office Hours session, the RebusKeep reading “Behind the Scenes: Reflections on December’s Office Hours (International Perspectives)”
(updated) Office Hours: Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption
Open Textbook Network & Rebus Community Host Office Hours Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption: Common Questions and Concerns Explained February 21, 2018, 2 p.m. PST / 5 p.m. EST Guest speakers: Jasmine Roberts, Strategic Communication Lecturer, The Ohio State University; Sarah Cohen, Managing Director, Open Textbook Network; and others TBD Open textbooks reduce the costs of attendingKeep reading “(updated) Office Hours: Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption”
Updates: Open AmLit Anthology, Media Innovation OT & January Office Hours
Catch Tim Robbins at MLA18 with an update on The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature! This unique open textbook project has come a long way since Robin DeRosa and her students put together the first version of The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature. Rebus has been supporting the anthology’s expansion, with Timothy Robbins as the leadKeep reading “Updates: Open AmLit Anthology, Media Innovation OT & January Office Hours”
Tim Robbins Presents Open Anthology of American Literature at MLA Convention
The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature continues to grow and evolve. Robin DeRosa, professor at Plymouth State University, and her students, who were looking for a cost-savings anthology for their classroom, started the project. Now, with support from the Rebus Community, the book is under the wing of a new lead editor, Timothy Robbins,Keep reading “Tim Robbins Presents Open Anthology of American Literature at MLA Convention”
Looking Back; Looking Forward
2017 has been a big year for our team and all the incredible projects and collaborators we’re lucky enough to work with. This was Rebus’ first full year working hands-on with pilot projects, and we’ve learned a lot about what goes into publishing open textbooks. In particular, we’ve discovered that there’s a lot of work that happens day-to-day that doesn’t always get sharedKeep reading “Looking Back; Looking Forward”
Office Hours: Open Textbook Adaptation
Open Textbook Network & Rebus Community Host Office Hours Open Textbook Adaptation January 24, 4 p.m. EST / 1 p.m. PST Guest speakers: Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education, BCcampus; Dave Dillon, Counselor/Professor, Chair, OER Task Force (Academic Senate for California Community Colleges), Grossmont College; & Anita R. Walz, Open Education, Copyright & Scholarly Communications Librarian One ofKeep reading “Office Hours: Open Textbook Adaptation”
Literature Reviews For Education & Nursing Graduate Students: Available for Adoption!
Written by Linda Frederiksen and Sue F. Phelps, Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students teaches students how to prepare better literature reviews that are vital to their research. Read the book for free on the web, or download it in other formats from the book’s homepage! Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing GraduateKeep reading “Literature Reviews For Education & Nursing Graduate Students: Available for Adoption!”
8 Things We Learned About Making Open Textbooks from Making Media Innovation & Entrepreneurship
When Rebus Community agreed to support the JMC Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship open textbook back in January of 2017, we had no idea the impact the project would have on our knowledge of the processes involved in open publishing. Michelle Ferrier of Ohio University and Liz Mays, who is Rebus’ marketing manager and also anKeep reading “8 Things We Learned About Making Open Textbooks from Making Media Innovation & Entrepreneurship”