Creative Commons Certificate program 2023 courses now open for registration. Educator, academic librarian, and Open Culture/GLAM tracks. For more information and to register: https://certificates.creativecommons.org/ @creativecommons
Z-Library Was a Lifeline for Students on Shoestring Budgets
The popular website offered pirated #textbooks and academic papers—until the feds shut it down. https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/z-library-pirated-books-papers-school-tor.html
Special issue of the Journal for Multicultural Education: The Intersections of Open Educational Practices and Equity Pedagogy
https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2053-535X/vol/16/iss/5
How and Why to Evaluate Open Educational Resources (OERs) https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/how-and-why-to-evaluate-open-educational-resources-oers/ #OER #highered #textbooks
Which courses offer affordable #textbooks? Who knows?
Mass. higher ed must move to full transparency on cost of class materials - CommonWealth Magazine https://commonwealthmagazine.org/education/which-courses-offer-affordable-textbooks-who-knows/ #oer
More than a Seat at the Table: Including Students as Peers - "...students are essential to round out the conversations around #OpenEducation on any campus..." via #OER and Beyond - https://oerandbeyond.org/?p=319
From March through May 2022, more than 13,000 students from Florida’s public colleges and universities participated in the 2022 Student Textbook and Instructional Materials Survey (“2022 survey”) conducted by Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC). #OER #textbooks #highered https://dlss.flvc.org/colleges-and-universities/research/textbooks
Brand new #OpenAccess, #PeerReviewed #OER journal! The Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (JOERHE) is a Diamond Open Access journal. The journal features content concerned with #OER, #OpenPedagogy, #OpenAccess, #OpenData, and similar topics focusing specifically within the context of #HigherEd in the United States and Canada. Published by the University of Wyoming Libraries. https://journals.uwyo.edu/index.php/joerhe
"Breaking It Open" is the monthly newsletter of the Massachusetts DHE's Open Educational Resources Advisory Council. Check out the inaugural (October 2022) edition featuring #OpenAccess Week coverage, an interview with a Framingham State University student re: #OER, and a posthumous celebration of an #OER Olympian! https://library.mcla.edu/ld.php?content_id=69057886 #TextbookEquity #HigherEd