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Defining Forward Paths for Improving Accessibility: Insights from Ann Gagné
Imagine: A student discovers that a required open educational resource for their course, which relies heavily on visual imagery to instruct, has images with missing alt text. In order to learn effectively, the student requires this content to be accessible. The instructor didn’t create the resource—they adopted it from another institution. Who should address the accessibility gaps? The instructor? The accessibility office? The library? The… Continue Reading Defining Forward Paths for Improving Accessibility: Insights from Ann Gagné
Could Pressbooks support ebook creation for deaf education?
Dr. Joanne Weber to present her findings from an evaluation of Pressbooks as a platform for creating ebooks that are accessible to deaf learners Continue Reading Could Pressbooks support ebook creation for deaf education?
Evaluating OER with Monica Brown
Open Educational Resources (OER) provide many benefits to students, instructors, and post-secondary institutions. For the instructors and librarians just getting started, however, the sheer volume of content to choose from… Continue Reading Evaluating OER with Monica Brown
Language Learning and Interactive OER
For language teachers, open educational resources (OER) provide an opportunity to create, adapt, or adopt immersive content that keeps learners engaged and accommodates a variety of learning styles. Pressbooks Directory… Continue Reading Language Learning and Interactive OER
Introducing Pressbooks Collections
The purpose of these collections is to showcase the best of OER. These are resources that we think are really great and may be helpful to anyone interested in the theme. Continue Reading Introducing Pressbooks Collections
OER in High Enrollment Healthcare Courses
Health sciences and allied fields are ever-growing, with more students enrolling each year. To meet the demand, many universities offer high enrollment and online courses for 200+ students at a… Continue Reading OER in High Enrollment Healthcare Courses
How to Onboard Humans
Pressbooks COO Başak Büyükçelen shares the onboarding process she designed for getting new employees up to speed and making them feel welcome. Continue Reading How to Onboard Humans
5 Resources for Better Web Accessibility
For much of the world, the web has transformed daily life. How we live, work, communicate, manage our finances, and order dinner looks different than it did even a decade… Continue Reading 5 Resources for Better Web Accessibility
Hugh McGuire on the Question Concerning EdTech
Our CEO and founder Hugh McGuire thinks a lot about creativity, humans, and technology—how they intersect, how they challenge each other, how they lift each other up. Recently, Hugh published… Continue Reading Hugh McGuire on the Question Concerning EdTech
Five OER for Nursing Students
In honor of the healthcare workers who have been working tirelessly throughout the pandemic, and in light of the recent boom in the field of nursing, we’ve chosen to highlight five textbooks for nursing education. Continue Reading Five OER for Nursing Students