The Library visibly demonstrates our commitment to a more equitable higher education system. The librarian will collaborate with colleagues in and out of the library to promote open education and affordable course materials. Organized through a community-driven process, the 2022 Open Education Conference seeks to engage advocates and practitioners who strive to make education more accessible, affordable, and equitable to everyone. Tackling the climate crisis requires the rapid exchange of knowledge across geographic, economic, and disciplinary boundaries. Established in 2017, the facility which is maintained by the Commission is currently held by 153 Nigerian universities. REGISTER NOW: Clover Park Technical College is hosting their first OER Faculty Institute on Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6 for free over Zoom. Learn more here. Jacob Moore, an engineering professor at Penn State Mont Alto, published a new open resource, Mechanics Map Digital Textbook. . The book was written thanks to support from the, University Libraries Open Education Initiative. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Pressbooks published a new open resource, Critical Thinking in Academic Research. The goal of this hub is to develop, over time, robust interdisciplinary collections of OER that integrate a discussion of climate change.

Since 2016, Deltas Open Educational Resources initiative has saved students a total of $1 million in textbook costs. So we have been promoting for a very long time, the adoption of open education resources to increase affordability for our students., The Office of Academic Affairs and the Open CU Steering Team celebrated the 2022 Open Educational Resources Champion Award. An Opportunity to Build a Better Education for All | Medium, UMass should speed up transition to open education resources | Daily Hampshire Gazette, Perlego raises $50M to build out its vision of being the Spotify for textbooks | TechCrunch, Why This Professor Believes OER Can Make STEM More Inclusive and Affordable | EdSurge, Aishah Abdullah (SPARC) | Volume 149 | March 24, 2022. Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, OR is hiring a full-time faculty. Published last week by the U.S. Department of Education, the grant competition will award approximately $2.6 million in federal funds to higher education institutions to create new open textbooks and expand the use of open textbooks in courses that are part of a degree-granting program, particularly those with high enrollments. At this 10-year milestone mark, were thrilled with the Librarys success and see it as a reflection of the communitys generosity with their time, expertise, and resources. The library plans to continue to expand their library and help open education become the standard. The Forum is a membership organization for university administrators within the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). They Say Its No Big Deal | EdSurge, Aishah Abdullah (SPARC) | Volume 156 | June 30, 2022. Wiki Educations support is fully funded, and there are no fees to run a Wikipedia assignment. It includes learning about open educational practices and asking team members to collect and report data on your programs outcomes. Pathways Project Publishes New Open Educational Resource, is now open. How Open Education Centers Student Voices, 6 Principles for Measuring the Cost Savings of OER, Lumen Learning Grant Challenges Applicants to Improve OER, Textbook Price Transparency Bill Passes Major Legislative Hurdle, Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) released a new report entitled, Toward Convergence: Creating Clarity to Drive More Consistency in Understanding the Benefits and Costs of OER. REGISTER NOW: Join the Southern Regional Education Board for their upcoming webinar series on Open Educational Resources. It is important to note that the Department of Education plans to use $8.3 million of the new funds to cover second and third year costs for the last round of grantees, but the remaining funds would be available for new grants. A particular focus was placed on historically marginalized student populations served by community colleges nationwide. Applications are due July 25, 2022, and the Department of Education will hold, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is, Scholarly Communications Librarian who will work collaboratively across Library & Information Services (LIS). The webinar is free and open to all, and live closed captioning will be provided. The Open Education Conference is excited to announce that.

Michael Basmajian (PIRG) | Volume 158 | July 28, 2022, THE OER DIGEST FROM NORTH DAKOTA: The University of North Dakota received a Colleagues Choice Innovation Award in April for their efforts to improve access and affordability of educational resources for students. APPLY NOW: The University Libraries at Virginia Tech Residency Program is offering up to six entry-level resident librarian positions to recent graduates of a masters degree program or entry-level library, data, or information professionals. Two Wartburg College social work professors have secured grants totaling $5,500 to develop open-resource instructional materials for two undergraduate social work courses. This resource was created to share the work involved in building and managing an OER program.

| EdSurge, Michael Basmajian (PIRG) | Volume 150 | April 7, 2022, 10 YEARS OF OPENSTAX: OpenStax, Rice Universitys educational technology initiative celebrates ten years of publishing free, open textbooks by releasing ten new titles this year. for the second annual, virtual Open Texas conference, to be held September 21-23, 2022. Learn more and register, Not in Nantes for OEGlobal22? These projects include: mentorship and training for five California community colleges in their zero-textbook-cost degree program; training 15 California Community College educators, librarians and course designers from across the Bay Area on copyright, open licensing and open practices in a week-long CC bootcamp; and conducting an analysis of how digital courseware and textbook publishers collect student data and create resources help the higher education community protect students data privacy. The award cele, brates educators across the four CU campuses who contribute to the open education movement. Learn more and register here. Application deadline: August 5, 2022. The deadline to, : Join Open Education instructors and advocates Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangiani for an open discussion via Zoom on Frameworks for Going Open. Lorain County Community College faculty members have been awarded a grant from OhioLink to learn how to teach with no-cost open resource course materials for students. These are high-quality resources, added Professor of Marketing Denise Ogden. This event is open to everyone, and the call for proposals will be released soon. Since 2016, Deltas Open Educational Resources initiative has saved students a total of $1 million in textbook costs. Learn more about the OER fellowship, : MHz Foundation, whose mission is to bring global culture and perspective to the world via digital programming with, , is hiring an Educational Programs Manager with a focus on open education.

CLIMATE EDUCATION HUB: ISKME launched the Climate Education Hub on OER Commons on Earth Day. #OPENED22 SAVE THE DATE: The Open Education Conference is excited to announce that #OpenEd22 will be held as a virtual event on October 17-20, 2022. Embracing OER Institutionwide | Inside Higher Ed, MIT OpenCourseWare launches NextGen platform | MIT News, Finding the recipe for calculating OER benefits | EdScoop, Expensive Textbooks Are Still A Problem. Applications are due July 25, 2022. Learn more and apply here. Learn more and apply. Learn more and apply here. LAST CHANCE: Applications for the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program 2022-2023 cohort close Friday, May 6th at 11:59pm EDT. David Ernst, the founder of the Open Textbook library shares. an introduction to urban studies that explores different aspects of urban life, such as the environment, housing, and culture. will be held as a virtual event on October 17-20, 2022. on OER Commons on Earth Day. This workshop will provide three days of working sessions covering how to create OER, how to modify existing OER, as well as how to use the new ADAPT homework system. Apply by July 15, 2022, APPLY NOW: Open Oregon Educational Resources seeks an Open Education Instructional Technologist to work remotely to provide technical support services in developing openly licensed course materials. The Department of Advanced Education Programs earned recognition in the Innovation category. Created for horticulture students, gardeners, science teachers, and anyone interested in understanding plants and how they grow. RSVP has been extended to June 20th, and professional development credit is available. Robin and Rajiv will explore how Open Education can shape a hopeful and humane vision for the future of higher education. Apply to run a Wikipedia assignment in Fall 2022, and ensure that the world has access to reliable and accurate information. I did a midterm evaluation with my students to see if it was easy to use or if there were barriers to using the resources, and it was unanimous that they loved it., The Office of Digital Learning & Inquiry at Middlebury College is pleased to announce the publication of.

The textbook is an approachable guide to the fundamentals of plant science. Karin Hooks and Michelle Yuhasz are two of 29 faculty members from 15 colleges and universities across Ohio who will receive grants from the OhioLink Affordable Learning Open Course Redesign Grants program. Supplemental Instructional Materials Market to Grow to $4.6 billion in 2024, Course Hero Quietly Took Over Hosting Lumens OER Content. APPLY NOW: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is hiring an Open Educational Resources & Scholarly Communications Librarian who will work collaboratively across Library & Information Services (LIS). The Press, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, is located on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Beginning with the Spring 2022 semester, courses that are fully converted to no-cost or low-cost (less than $40) are tagged in UNOs online catalog as a part of the Open Nebraska (ONE) initiative so that students can make more informed decisions about their classes. I did a midterm evaluation with my students to see if it was easy to use or if there were barriers to using the resources, and it was unanimous that they loved it. Read More >>. The report describes six principles to help define efforts to identify savings and returns from OER investments and offers two frameworks for making those calculations. Each edition, we highlight an interesting, new, openly-licensed resource. During the COVID-19 pandemic two University of Saskatchewan (USask) faculty members found a way to make the most of a worldwide pivot toward online learning. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Pressbooks published a new open resource. These are high-quality resources, added Professor of Marketing Denise Ogden. At the end of February, OpenStax released Introduction to Anthropology, authored by professors from the University of Pennsylvania, Oregon State University, and the University of West Georgia. The ACRL Academic Library Services for Graduate Students (ALSGS) Interest Group seeks, nominations for the 2nd Annual Notable Works. Beginning with the Spring 2022 semester, courses that are fully converted to no-cost or low-cost (less than $40) are tagged in UNOs online catalog as a part of the Open Nebraska (ONE) initiative so that students can make more informed decisions about their classes. We know that a lot of students are financially constrained and one of the things they cut is textbooks, Pratt said. is open. There, attending faculty and staff had the chance to recognize and celebrate OAER-related work at the campus, and to advance the importance of the resources regarding student access, affordability, and retention. 912-478-4636, 175 West Memorial Drive Tackling the climate crisis requires the rapid exchange of knowledge across geographic, economic, and disciplinary boundaries. George Washington Libraries awarded grants to faculty who will replace required traditional course materials with free, open resources.

STORIES FROM THE FIELD If you know of any OER/climate-related work happening in your setting or have suggestions, email mindy@iskme.org. Applicants should be higher education faculty who have a lesson that they wish to transform with open educational practices and teach in the spring of 2023. This is a year-long program that is designed for campuses aspiring to launch or expand their initiatives to develop free and affordable learning materials. Student PIRGs is conducting a short survey of colleges and universities across the country to highlight the benefits of OER grant programs and help the community identify best practices. , which is intended to help faculty transition to open educational resources (OER). The contributors to and dangers of socioeconomic inequality are fully addressed, as is the role of inequality in social dysfunction, disruption, and change. While the total funding available is lower than in previous years (due to funds reserved for existing projects), the Department may fund additional applications submitted this round in future years. Great reads to repost or share and interesting discussions to consider, Great to Share >> to join the Collections Strategies and Services Department. Student PIRGs is, conducting a short survey of colleges and universities across the country to highlight the benefits of OER grant programs.

This library has just reached its 10th anniversary and is also celebrating this huge achievement of expanding its library. , which has been undergoing final edits after an initial pilot phase: Dress, Appearance, and Diversity in U.S. Society. This is a remote position. While some switched their traditional course materials out for OER, others made their own open textbooks for their students. Learn more and apply here. grant programa significant increase over last year. BENEFITS AND COSTS OF OER REPORT: Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) released a new report entitled Toward Convergence: Creating Clarity to Drive More Consistency in Understanding the Benefits and Costs of OER. : The University of North Dakota received a Colleagues Choice Innovation Award in April for their efforts to improve access and affordability of educational resources for students. The grant competition will award approximately $2.6 million in federal funds to higher education institutions to create new open textbooks and expand the use of open textbooks. The Department is also calling for, The Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas invites you to their webinar, In, , Trudi Radtke, Open Education Project Manager for SPARC, will address challenges, facts, and myths of Inclusive Access programs.

This is a remote position. Open Texas 2022 is being held virtually on September 21-23, 2022. To get started click. The Research Symposium is open to both graduate and undergraduate researchers. This text provides guidance on developing research questions and finding resources to answer them. Embrace of Digital Course Materials Grew During Pandemic | Inside Higher Ed, Nonprofit Provides Free High Quality Instructional Materials for Teacher Prep Programs | Philanthropy Roundtable, Aishah Abdullah (SPARC) | Volume 155 | June 16, 2022. A new resource has been published for faculty and staff interested in starting or leading OER efforts at their institutions: . UND has promoted the use of OER by its faculty, with more than 90 faculty members from every school and college having adapted, adopted, or created OER to replace expensive texts, saving students $11 million since 2015. REGISTER NOW: SPARC is hosting a Knowledge Equity Discussion Series to provide an introduction to broad concepts and considerations of epistemic injustice and knowledge equity in the areas of academic libraries and archives.



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