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New Resource from the Rebus Community: Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students

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Are you interested in doing an open pedagogy project to have your class create an open textbook or open educational resource? This new Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students, from Rebus Community, will help! At Rebus Community, we’ve heard a lot about projects that involve students in the creation of open textbooks. In manyKeep reading “New Resource from the Rebus Community: Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students”

Four New Part Editors for Introduction to Philosophy!

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We’d like to welcome Dr. Benjamin Martin, Dr. Beau Branson, Dr. Douglas Giles, and Dr. Heather Salazar as part editors on this open textbook. Would you like to get involved as an editor or chapter author? Join the project on the Rebus Community Forum. It’s been almost a year since Christina Hendricks at the UniversityKeep reading “Four New Part Editors for Introduction to Philosophy!”

A New Era of Student-Created Anthologies: Antología abierta de literatura hispánica!

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Are you a professor of Hispanic literature? We need you and your students to help us expand the Antología abierta de literatura hispánica! We’re looking for instructors to run a critical edition assignment in their classrooms (with support) and submit the results to the second edition of the anthology. If you’re interested, head to theKeep reading “A New Era of Student-Created Anthologies: Antología abierta de literatura hispánica!”

September Office Hours: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in OER

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September 26, 12 p.m. EST Guest Speakers Maha Bali, Tara Robertson, Susan Doner, and others TBD We have an opportunity to leverage open educational values to create a vibrant publishing culture. How do we increase diversity, equity and inclusion in OER publishing? How can we work together to ensure that diverse voices are equally valued?Keep reading “September Office Hours: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in OER”

July Office Hours Recap & Video: Updating Open Textbooks

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Are you an instructor, staff member, or librarian using Open Textbooks at your institution? Do you want to know how you can keep this resource updated over the years? This month’s Office Hours session on keeping open textbooks relevant will help you do just that! Watch the video recording, or read a recap. During thisKeep reading “July Office Hours Recap & Video: Updating Open Textbooks”

New Modular Open Textbook on Introductory Human Geography in Development!

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Are you a Canadian geographer looking for an alternative to the traditional human geography textbook? Help us build one! We’re looking for contributors to write chapters for an Introductory Human Geography Open Textbook, and you could help! Read more about the project below, then head here to participate. The latest project to join the RebusKeep reading “New Modular Open Textbook on Introductory Human Geography in Development!”

August Office Hours: Metadata for Open Textbooks

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Open Textbook Network & Rebus Community Host Office Hours Wednesday Aug. 30, 2 p.m. EST Guest Speakers: Laura Dawson and Naomi Eichenlaub What are best practices for open textbook metadata, in order to maximize discoverability and account for the utility and remixability of openly licensed materials? How might we standardize metadata across open textbooks? What attributes shouldKeep reading “August Office Hours: Metadata for Open Textbooks”

Office Hours Recap & Video: Accessibility in Open Textbooks

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Are you a professor, librarian, or staff member looking for ways to prioritize accessibility in OER? This month’s Office Hours session on best practices for accessibility in open textbooks will help you do just that! Watch the video recording, or read a recap. Accessibility in Open Textbooks was the subject of this month’s Office Hours,Keep reading “Office Hours Recap & Video: Accessibility in Open Textbooks”

July Office Hours: Keeping Open Textbooks Up to Date

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Open Textbook Network & Rebus Community Host Office Hours: Keeping Open Textbooks Up to Date Guest Speakers: Lauri Aesoph, BCcampus; Shane Nackerud, University of Minnesota Libraries; Kristen Munger, SUNY Oswego Wednesday, July 26, 2 p.m. EST RSVP Technology enables open textbooks to become living documents with longer lifespans than traditionally published textbooks. With that inKeep reading “July Office Hours: Keeping Open Textbooks Up to Date”

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