In this month’s Rebus Community & Open Textbook Network Office Hours we were joined by special guests to discuss peer review for open textbooks. Anthony Palmiotto, Editorial Director at OpenStax, discussed the OpenStax approach to peer review, the first part of which follows a traditional in-development review model, similar to that of the major commercialKeep reading “Office Hours Recap: Peer Review for Open Textbooks”
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Changes to the Community Forum
Here at Rebus we’re always reflecting on how we do things, and changing as we learn. In light of this ever-evolving approach, we’ve recently made a couple of changes to the forum. These changes reflect how we have found the Community uses the forum since we launched, and will hopefully be more useful for thoseKeep reading “Changes to the Community Forum”
New Guide to Authoring Open Textbooks is Here!
Melissa Falldin of University of Minnesota and Karen Lauritsen of Open Textbook Network have just released the first iteration of their guide to Authoring Open Textbooks. The guide is a resource for anyone involved in making open textbooks–faculty, librarians, instructional designers and others–whether for higher ed or K-12. It includes materials designed to simplify theKeep reading “New Guide to Authoring Open Textbooks is Here!”
Help Build Ancillary Materials for Principles of Social Psychology
Ancillary materials are often tipping point for open textbook adopters. At Rebus Community we will be supporting a new, collaborative way of creating not only open textbooks but also ancillaries, and eventually, test banks and similar components. Our first example of such an effort is this project, led by Rajiv Jhangiani of Kwantlen Polytechnic University,Keep reading “Help Build Ancillary Materials for Principles of Social Psychology”
Hooray! 12 Open Textbooks in Process
We’re pleased to share that we now have a total of 12 open textbook projects in process at The Rebus Community for Open Textbook Creation! These open textbook projects receive support from Rebus Community in the form of project management; help finding collaborators including authors, editors and proofreaders; peer review coordination, and support for designKeep reading “Hooray! 12 Open Textbooks in Process”
Rebus Community Facilitates Open Textbook Creation with 12 New Pilot Projects
The Rebus Community for Open Textbook Creation, a major initiative of the Rebus Foundation, has announced its first 12 open textbook projects. These open textbook projects will receive support from Rebus Community in the form of project management; help finding collaborators including authors, editors and proofreaders; peer review coordination, and support for design and formatting;Keep reading “Rebus Community Facilitates Open Textbook Creation with 12 New Pilot Projects”
Best Practices: Making Open Textbooks With Students
In our January Office Hours, special guests Robin DeRosa, chair of interdisciplinary studies at Plymouth State University, Steel Wagstaff, instructional technology consultant at UW-Madison, and Amanda Coolidge, senior manager of open education at BCcampus, spoke about their experiences working with students to create open textbooks. Robin spoke about her experiences working with students to developKeep reading “Best Practices: Making Open Textbooks With Students”
Next Office Hours: Peer Review for Open Textbooks
Open Textbook Network & Rebus Community Host Office Hours Wednesday, March 29, 10 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. EST Guest Speakers: Karen Lauritsen, Open Textbook Network; Daniel Williamson, OpenStax; Jon Udell, Hypothes.is; Deb Quentel, CALI; and Hugh McGuire, Rebus Foundation What should peer review look like for open textbooks? Guest speakers Karen Lauritsen of Open TextbookKeep reading “Next Office Hours: Peer Review for Open Textbooks “
Open Anthology of Earlier American Lit: TOC Open for Comment
The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature is a great OER story. It began as a way to save students money in an American literature survey course, has turned into a project held up as a model of open pedagogy, and in its next phase, we hope it will grow into a genuine alternative toKeep reading “Open Anthology of Earlier American Lit: TOC Open for Comment”
Office Hours Video: Recruiting Open Textbook Authors
In our February Office Hours session, we talked about Recruiting Authors for Open Textbooks with guest speakers Kevin Ahern, Oregon State University; Karen Bjork, Portland State University; Caitie Finlayson, University of Mary Washington; and Amy Hofer, Open Oregon. Guests included both faculty authors and open textbook program managers. The conversation covered tenure, promotion, stipends andKeep reading “Office Hours Video: Recruiting Open Textbook Authors”