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Inside Fanshawe’s OER Design Studio: An Inspirational Model for OER Creation
What does it take to build a thriving open education ecosystem at a college? At Fanshawe College, the answer lies in a simple but powerful idea: support faculty and students, and give them the tools and trust to create meaningful change together. Fanshawe College, located in London, Ontario, Canada, is one of the largest and most dynamic public colleges in the country. It serves roughly… Continue Reading Inside Fanshawe’s OER Design Studio: An Inspirational Model for OER Creation
Our Favorite Pressbooks Books of 2021
In 2020, looking for a little joy in a very tough year, we decided to celebrate the incredible work of the open education community by having the whole Pressbooks team… Continue Reading Our Favorite Pressbooks Books of 2021
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