Open Education Week is a global event organized by Open Education Global to highlight the power of open education, its benefits, and its impact on learning worldwide. Pressbooks is excited to host three dynamic sessions exploring interactive learning, OER adoption, and scaling institutional open publishing programs.
Monday, March 3rd, at 2pm Eastern
Come learn how to create engaging learning materials in Pressbooks with social annotation, inline quizzes, and formative assessments. We’ll also demo how instructors can seamlessly integrate this content into courses taught in their LMS and get real-time grade updates and deeper insight into student learning
What You’ll Learn:
✔ How to enhance OER with interactivity (quizzes, annotations, multimedia)
✔ How to track student learning & engagement in real-time
✔ How to integrate Pressbooks content into your LMS for seamless course delivery
In partnership with OEGlobal
Wednesday, March 5th at 12pm Eastern
Join us for our first-in-a-series OER Under the Hood session presented by OEGlobal and Pressbooks. We’ll dive “under of the hood” of Terry Greene’s Ebook of One’s Own student portfolio project which invites learners to develop new technical skills while showcasing their educational journeys
What You’ll Learn:
✔ How Ebook of One’s Own empowers students to create personalized digital portfolios
✔ The vision behind the project and how it was brought to life using Pressbooks
✔ Insights from Trent University’s implementation and how it engages students
✔ Lessons from Boise State’s adaptation and the impact on student learning
Thursday, March 6th at 12pm Eastern
Join us for a guided show-and-tell about Pressbooks networks and what to consider as you make choices around open publishing tools for your campus community.
This session is designed for institutions considering open publishing tools and will cover:
✔ Key features and considerations when choosing an open publishing platform
✔ How to manage, scale, and sustain OER initiatives with Pressbooks
✔ How Pressbooks supports institutional OER programs
In addition to the sessions we are running, there are several Pressbooks customers who will be providing insights into how their institutions are using Pressbooks. There are sessions on how to empower faculty to create unique OER, best practices for creating accessible OER, the power of interactivity and more.