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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
Our Favorite Books of 2020
We chose books that caught our eyes in 2020 With the introduction of Pressbooks Directory, Pressbooks users (including the Pressbooks staff) have been discovering OER faster and with more enthusiasm… Continue Reading Our Favorite Books of 2020
Introducing Pressbooks Directory
Enabling the 5Rs with a powerful tool for searching and sharing books When Pressbooks educational product manager Steel Wagstaff heard from a long time client, “I wish there was a… Continue Reading Introducing Pressbooks Directory
Supercharged OER at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Kwantlen Polytechnic University was the first Canadian institution to launch a zero-textbook-cost program. To support its growing open education efforts, KPU adopted Pressbooks to help faculty create and share custom… Continue Reading Supercharged OER at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
USask’s OER Program Expands from Adaptation into Ancillary Resources
Staff at the Teaching and Learning Centre and Distance Education units at the University of Saskatchewan are steadily building their OER program. They started with the adoption and adaptation of… Continue Reading USask’s OER Program Expands from Adaptation into Ancillary Resources
Pressbooks is Backbone for Nascent OER Efforts at University of Central Florida
It was while searching for a tool to help an American Government professor adapt an open textbook that James Paradiso, an instructional designer at University of Central Florida, discovered his… Continue Reading Pressbooks is Backbone for Nascent OER Efforts at University of Central Florida
University of Minnesota Publishes Research on Affordable Content
The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and Examples, edited by Kristi Jensen and Shane Nackerud, is one of the latest books to… Continue Reading University of Minnesota Publishes Research on Affordable Content
University of Texas at Arlington Kicks off OER Program with Eight Books in Development
University of Texas at Arlington is using its PressbooksEDU system as a platform on which to build open educational resources as part of UTA Libraries’ open education program. Open Education… Continue Reading University of Texas at Arlington Kicks off OER Program with Eight Books in Development
The Ohio State University Has 60 Books in Development as Part of Textbook Affordability Initiative
 At The Ohio State University, Pressbooks has become an integral platform for the university’s open textbook affordability initiative. The university already has 18 published books on its Pressbooks network,… Continue Reading The Ohio State University Has 60 Books in Development as Part of Textbook Affordability Initiative
We’re Partnering with Unizin to Host PressbooksEDU Networks at 14 Higher Education Institutions
At Pressbooks, we’re beyond excited to be partnering with Unizin, a nonprofit consortium of leading higher education institutions, to host PressbooksEDU networks at 14 U.S. universities. The universities include: Indiana… Continue Reading We’re Partnering with Unizin to Host PressbooksEDU Networks at 14 Higher Education Institutions