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YOER Support System: How to get involved in Open without writing a book

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 17:21:09 +0000

YOER Support System: How to get involved in Open without writing a book

Presenters: Sarah (Fennessey) Simpson (Pressbooks) & Olivia Reinauer (Tidewater)

Date: Thursday, March 4th, 2:30 PM (Duration: 30 minutes)

Description: Olivia Reinauer, librarian at Tidewater Community College, will be speaking about the importance of OER and her experience in helping faculty search and discover open content. Sarah (Fennessey) Simpson, Sales Executive at Pressbooks, will demonstrate how to use the Pressbooks Directory for search and discovery. She will also be speaking more broadly about the Pressbooks platform and how it can be used to create and adapt content.

Registration: https://forms.gle/3ji5rPMK6HpmTYtg8

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84561342269

PUB 101: Free online training begins in April 2020

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:45:38 +0000

From Google Groups "Open Textbook Network" group.

"Because VIVA is a member of the Open Textbook Network, you are welcome to attend OTN events, including Pub 101. See below for more information.

Thanks,
Anita Walz

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From: Karen Lauritsen
Date: Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 10:44 AM
Subject: [otn] Want to learn more about publishing? Sign up for Pub101!
To: Open Textbook Network <open-textbook-network@googlegroups.com>

Hello,

Wondering where to start with open textbook publishing? Pub101 is here!

About Pub101
Pub101 is a free, informal, online orientation to open textbook publishing for Open Textbook Network members. Together we'll explore Units 1-5 in the Publishing Curriculum , which includes adaptable resources and templates. You’ll hear from colleagues who have worked on open textbook publishing projects and about what they’ve learned.

Facilitators

Karen Bjork, Head of Digital and Scholarly Publishing, Portland State University
elle dimopoulos, Access Technologist, ZTC/OER Specialist, College of Marin
Corinne Guimont, Digital Publishing Specialist, Virginia Tech Libraries
Amanda C. Larson, Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant, The Ohio State University
Liz Mays, Director of Sales & Marketing, Pressbooks
Michael Miller, Scribe Production Manager
Carla Myers, Assistant Librarian & Coordinator of Scholarly Communications, Miami University Libraries
Elvis Ramirez, Scribe Project Manager & Book Developer

Feedback
Comments from previous Pub101 participants:

I feel like I have a much better sense of our capacity to publish than I did before, and that is hugely helpful.
guest speakers... had much in advice and tips not just "here is what our program looks like" or "this is what accessibility is"

Who can participate in Pub101?
Pub101 is designed for OER librarians and others managing open textbook projects and programs. It's open to everyone in the OTN, and consortia are welcome to extend this invitation to their institutions.

Dates & Times
7 online meetings: Wednesdays, April 15-June 3, 2020 (No meeting May 6)
7-8am AEST / 11am-12pm Hawaii / 1pm-2pm Pacific / 3-4pm Central / 4-5pm Eastern

Connection to the Co-op
Pub101 is the pathway into the Publishing Cooperative. Once you've completed Pub101, eligible members will be invited to join the Co-op for additional benefits and learning opportunities. The Co-op is free to join. (Here's FAQs about the Co-op.)

Interested? Let me know!
If you're interested in Pub101, please complete this form by March 13: z.umn.edu/pub101-Sp20

Best,
Karen

Karen Lauritsen
Publishing Director | Open Textbook Network | Open Textbook Library
Center for Open Education | University of Minnesota | open.umn.edu

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OpenStax Spring 2017 webinars

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:32:34 +0000

OpenStax just announced their Spring 2017 series of webinars on new books and the new OpenStax OER Commons Hub. Details and registration links below:

Additional faculty OER resources via OpenStax OER Commons Hub (all books, all faculty)
Friday, February 10, 3-4 pm CST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...4846144769
Thursday, March 16, 3-4 pm CDT: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...4117689345

OpenStax Precalculus, Algebra & Trigonometry, and College Algebra webinars with Senior Contributing Author, Jay Abramson, Principal Lecturer, Honors Faculty at Arizona State University
Thursday, February 16, 11 am to 12 pm CST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...2015763203
Wednesday, March 22, 2-3 pm CDT: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...3952803075

OpenStax University (Calculus-based) Physics webinars with Contributing Author Ken Podolak, Assistant Professor of Physics at Plattsburgh SUNY
Monday, February 6, 1-2 pm CST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...0143576065
Tuesday, March 14, 2-3 pm CDT: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...9746049025

OpenStax American Government webinars with Senior Contributing Author Glen Krutz, Professor of Political Science and Vice Provost of Academic Initiatives at The University of Oklahoma
Tuesday, February 7, 2-3 pm CST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...7181790722
Monday, February 27, 11-12 pm CST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...3797681410

OpenStax Astronomy webinars with Senior Contributing Author Andrew Fraknoi, Professor at Foothill College
Wednesday, February 8, 2-3 pm CST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...4207706627
Friday, March 24, 3-4 pm CDT: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...1278539267

OpenStax Microbiology webinars with Senior Contributing Author Mark Scheegurt, Professor at Wichita State University
Wednesday, February 15, 1-2 pm CST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...7675123459
Thursday, March 16, 11 am - 12 pm CDT: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/registe...3561803523

Developing the Virginia OER Commons

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:44:33 +0000

Call for open participation from Anita Walz @Virginia Tech:

"I created a demo site in OER Commons to show off some of the OER being created in Virginia. I’m wondering if you would like to help me add more Virginia-made/Virginia-implemented OER to this “OER finding portal” in OER Commons?
https://www.oercommons.org/groups/virgin...oject/872/

You’d have to create a “free” account, then add/catalog each OER course one by one. (I’ve already added Pathways ) Resources are reviewed by OER Commons and you get an email when they are accepted. Then, you'd need to add yourself (or I can add you) Virginia OER project group from the “group” page and you can affiliated the resources with the group.

OER Commons wants to see at least 5 things in this group – or they will shut it down because it appears to be “inactive.”

Does this interest you? Do you have any Virginia-made OER you'd like to make more findable? (Please include only items with an open license.)

Thanks,
Anita

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Anita R. Walz
Open Education, Copyright & Scholarly Communications Librarian
Library Liaison to Economics, Mathematics, and Legal Studies
Virginia Tech Libraries
arwalz@vt.edu | Tel: 540-231-2204 | Twitter: @arwalz
Open Educational Resources Guide http://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer"

New portal for openly licensed Info Lit resources

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:07:53 +0000

via [LibOER] sparc-liboer@arl.org:

"The librarians at Loyola Marymount University are excited to announce the launch of CORA, the Community of Open Research Assignments. CORA is on online, open-access [CC BY NC SA] platform of librarian and faculty contributed assignments, lesson plans, and activities that engage with information literacy concepts and practices.

The site is currently in beta and our goal is to develop CORA into an online platform that extends information literacy pedagogy beyond the one-shot and opens a space to cultivate a virtual community of practice surrounding information literacy pedagogy among librarians and faculty.

We are inviting librarians and faculty who may be interested in sharing their information literacy assignments, activities, and or lesson plans under a creative commons license to become a contributor on the CORA platform.

Becoming a CORA contributor also gives you the ability to respectfully comment on and generate discussions with other CORA contributors surrounding individual contributions. If you are interested in becoming a contributor, you can do so here: http://www.projectcora.org/user/register.

The development of CORA was funded by a SCELC Project Initiatives Fund grant and is currently in beta. We are seeking useful feedback from our users to help improve the site functionality and assess its viability. We hope that whether or not you decide to become a contributor, you will fill our short feedback survey or send your thoughts to contactprojectcora@gmail.com."

DPLA awarded grant to create resources

Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:15:08 +0000

Digital Public Library of America receives $96,000 grant from the Whiting Foundation to expand its impact in education

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce that it has received $96,000 from the Whiting Foundation to begin creating resources for users in K-12 and higher education. The grant will allow DPLA to develop and share primary source sets built on the foundation of national educational standards and under the guidance of a diverse group of education experts. DPLA will also refine tools for creating user-generated content so that students and teachers can curate their own resources as part of the learning process. Read More

JEP Open Access summer issue released

Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:52:04 +0000

The Summer 2015 issue of The Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP), titled "Beyond Access," is devoted to Open Access: http://www.journalofelectronicpublishing.org/