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Supporting Role-Play-Based Learning in Pressbooks
When students step into roles (doctors diagnosing patients, employees negotiating a pay raise) they gain more than just knowledge. They practice decision-making, confidence-building, and communication in ways that traditional lectures can’t replicate. That’s the power of role play-based learning: immersive, experiential, and, quite often, fun. This post highlights two innovative examples of role play resources built and shared using Pressbooks: Diagnosis: A Medical Education Game,… Continue Reading Supporting Role-Play-Based Learning in Pressbooks
Pressbooks Success Story: Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD)
Growing the impact of a trail-blazing program to lower the cost of education and improve the quality of learning materials Quick Facts • Consortium of 10 community colleges in Maricopa… Continue Reading Pressbooks Success Story: Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD)
How eCampusOntario Helps Students Thrive with Pressbooks
eCampusOntario • Large consortium/non-profit serving 50+ public colleges and universities across Ontario, Canada• Pressbooks user since 2017• Published 2,900+ books as of June 2023 eCampusOntario’s Pressbooks story in brief
Announcing a Pressbooks – EBSCO Partnership to Improve Discoverability for Books in Pressbooks Directory
We’re pleased to announce a new partnership between Pressbooks and EBSCO to make open-access books published with Pressbooks discoverable via EBSCO’s Faculty Select and EDS services. Continue Reading Announcing a Pressbooks – EBSCO Partnership to Improve Discoverability for Books in Pressbooks Directory
How Pressbooks Became a Great Place to Work®
To qualify as a Great Place to Work®, the Trust Index© Score threshold is 65%. We scored 93%. I want to reflect on how we got here so we can keep pushing ourselves forward and encourage other organizations to put themselves to the test. Continue Reading How Pressbooks Became a Great Place to Work®
Pressbooks Community Favorites: 2022
It’s December. With the year’s end comes reflection: what have we accomplished during this latest orbit around the sun? What has been the impact of our work? At Pressbooks, we… Continue Reading Pressbooks Community Favorites: 2022
Our Favorite Pressbooks Books of 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back at a year gone by. One of our goals for the past year was to give publishers… Continue Reading Our Favorite Pressbooks Books of 2022
Doing More with Less: How Pressbooks Stays Productive with a Four-Day Work Week
At Pressbooks, we believe in building a great culture, and that starts with building a healthy team. To improve our already good work-life balance, we decided to test out the… Continue Reading Doing More with Less: How Pressbooks Stays Productive with a Four-Day Work Week
5 OER for STEM Education
STEM education is pivotal for solving some of the biggest challenges facing the world today. Despite this, students face many barriers to pursuing these fields. Open educational resources (OER) present an effective way to make STEM education more accessible to students. Continue Reading 5 OER for STEM Education
SEO for Open Textbook Creators
The basics of search engine optimization At Pressbooks, we often hear the question, “how can I boost the SEO of my book?” It’s a great question because SEO (Search Engine… Continue Reading SEO for Open Textbook Creators