Peer review is critical for the acceptance of open textbooks by the wider world. Perceptions of uncertain quality of open textbooks is often cited as a barrier to adoption. Good, transparent review processes will help solve this problem. While many open textbooks are comprehensively reviewed, there is currently no accepted standard or process for review.Keep reading “Peer Review Working Group: Next Steps”
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Office Hours Recap & Video: OER Workflows for Open Textbooks
In this month’s Office Hours, organized by Rebus Community and the Open Textbook Network, special guests and participants discussed their experiences with OER workflows. Watch the video or read a recap of the session below. Guests included Allison Brown, SUNY Geneseo; Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Kansas State University; Billy Meinke, University of Hawaii; and Anthony Palmiotto, OpenStax.Keep reading “Office Hours Recap & Video: OER Workflows for Open Textbooks”
Peer Review Working Group Recap
Peer review is an integral component of traditional academic publishing, but in the world of open textbooks, there is currently no common standard for reviewing in open textbooks. To address this need, Rebus Community has formed a working group to explore peer review for open textbooks. The group held its first meeting May 3 toKeep reading “Peer Review Working Group Recap”
Student Contributors Wanted: Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students
At Rebus, we think one of the best ways to produce open textbooks is by involving students in the process. That’s why we’re really excited about the handbook we have in development, A Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students. The book is designed to help faculty find or create projects involving students in theKeep reading “Student Contributors Wanted: Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students”
Five More Chapter Authors Needed for Media Innovation & Entrepreneurship Open Textbook
One of the pilot open textbook projects the Rebus Community is supporting is Media Innovation & Entrepreneurship, designed to be used in media entrepreneurship courses or other journalism, mass communication or media courses in which media entrepreneurship is taught. Each “chapter” of the book will be a module that can accompany a week’s lesson inKeep reading “Five More Chapter Authors Needed for Media Innovation & Entrepreneurship Open Textbook”
June Office Hours: Accessibility in Open Textbooks
Monday, June 5, at 3 p.m. EST Topic: Accessibility in Open Textbooks Guest Speakers: Josie Gray, BCcampus; Jess Mitchell, OCAD University; Michelle Reed, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries; Krista Greear, University of Washington What are the best practices to ensure accessibility in open textbooks? In this session, we will talk about methods to ensure accessibilityKeep reading “June Office Hours: Accessibility in Open Textbooks”
Open Pedagogy in Action: Antología Abierta de Literatura Hispánica
Are you a Spanish language literature professor looking for an open pedagogy project for your classroom? We’re looking for contributors to expand the Antología Abierta de Literatura Hispánica and you and your students could help! Read more about the project below, then head here to participate. Here at the Rebus Community, we’ve found working with students toKeep reading “Open Pedagogy in Action: Antología Abierta de Literatura Hispánica”
Call for Reviewers: The Science of Human Nutrition
We are looking for chapter reviewers for The Science of Human Nutrition, a new open nutrition textbook from the University of Hawaii. Guided by OER technologist Billy Meinke, three UoH authors are working on adapting several existing open resources to create a textbook is aimed at high-enrollment undergraduate (100 level) courses in FSHN (Food ScienceKeep reading “Call for Reviewers: The Science of Human Nutrition”
Peer Review Working Group & Office Hours Recap
At the Rebus Community, we see peer review as a critical part of publishing open textbooks. In particular, it plays an important role in encouraging adoptions – both by assuring those looking to adopt a book that the material is of high quality, and also by building an engaged pool of reviewers who are themselvesKeep reading “Peer Review Working Group & Office Hours Recap”
Next Office Hours: OER Workflows for Open Textbooks
Monday, May 1, at 3 p.m. EST Topic: OER Workflows for Open Textbooks Guest Speakers: Allison Brown, SUNY Geneseo; Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Kansas State University; Dianna Fisher, Oregon State; Billy Meinke, University of Hawaii; and Anthony Palmiotto, OpenStax Is there a typical process and timeline for producing an open textbook? Where are the pain points? HowKeep reading “Next Office Hours: OER Workflows for Open Textbooks”