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The Public Good of Open Pedagogy
Two community college students write about the Vietnam War in their first-year US history course. One is assigned an essay. They gather their research, write the paper, and turn it in. The instructor reads it, grades it, and hands it back. Their writing leaves behind no legacy and is not shared beyond the classroom. In all likelihood, no one else will ever read it. The…
Growing Up: A Maturity Model for Open Education
One of the most exciting things about the open education movement today is also at times one of the most maddening things: it’s still growing up. Although Wikipedia dates the…
Pressbooks Community Impact: 2023
We’ve reached that time of year where we look back on everything we achieved within the past 12 months: what did we accomplish, what did we learn, what impact did…
Out and About: Fall 2023 Conference Season Takeaways
As a rule, people in higher education love a good conference: it’s where sharing, networking, friendship-building, and collaboration happen. Pressbooks was thrilled to attend and sponsor two in person events…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…