Category: open textbook projects

The latest Open Textbook project to join the Rebus Community is the first of its kind in its field. Aptly titled From the Ground Up: An Introduction to North American Archaeology, this book brings together an intergenerational and international team of scholars to shed light on the multiple voices and vibrant diversity within North AmericanKeep reading “First Open Textbook on North American Archaeology!”

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!”

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!”

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!”

We are very excited to share some of the progress we have made with the first volume of The History of Applied Science and Technology Open Textbook. In the past few months, we have managed to secure contributors from institutions across North America, Europe and Africa for chapters ranging from the Ancient World to theKeep reading “History of Science & Tech: Updates!”

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”

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”

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”

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”