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,… Continue Reading Inside Fanshawe’s OER Design Studio: An Inspirational Model for OER Creation
The creation of Washington State’s open welding textbook Introduction to Welding is a compelling example of how Open Educational Resources (OER) can transform vocational education. The first of its kind,… Continue Reading Open Textbooks for the Trades: How Washington State’s Welding OER Transforms Vocational Learning
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… Continue Reading Defining Forward Paths for Improving Accessibility: Insights from Ann Gagné
When most people think about publishing in Pressbooks, they think of open textbooks. And for good reason. Thousands of beautifully designed, accessible, and adaptable open educational resources have been created… Continue Reading Things You Never Thought to Build 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… Continue Reading Supporting Role-Play-Based Learning in Pressbooks
Colleges and universities are under pressure to provide more affordable, engaging, and accessible content for teaching and learning. The knowledge landscape is changing rapidly, and learning materials need to keep… Continue Reading Why Your Institution Needs a Digital Publishing Hub
Over the past three years, the ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens) project has supported faculty across Massachusetts as they reimagined course materials to better serve their students.… Continue Reading Adaptation in Action: Voices from the ROTEL Project
This year has been momentous for my family and me, as our twin boys graduated high school and started college. These are exciting milestones for any family. For me, having… Continue Reading A Parent’s Take on College Textbook Costs
Every month we highlight a public book from the Pressbooks community that is a great example of high quality, open content across a range of different subjects and use cases.… Continue Reading A Year of Open Content: Reviewing the Pressbooks Books of the Month
In a recent webinar, experts from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand shared insights on four collaborative publishing projects that showcase how partnerships across disciplines, cultures and institutions can lead to… Continue Reading Transforming Education Through Collaborative Publishing: Four Groundbreaking Projects