This browser extension shows you which Amazon books are available free at your local library https://t.co/66xYAi1WI3 pic.twitter.com/yvXO4tp9p2
— CNET (@CNET) September 1, 2019
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podcasts discussions on OER
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-01-15-as-oer-grows-up-advocates-stress-more-than-just-low-cost
listen to podcasts from EdSurge discussing OER issues, such as Congress legislation:
https://soundcloud.com/edsurge/as-oer-grows-up-advocates-stress-more-than-just-low-cost
Plasma for books
#thisiswhereweare https://t.co/j7w47mKGOn
— Julio Appling (@juliosus) August 30, 2019
#OER is a social justice issue.
Please keep in mind that many students who earn $250 for donating plasma will still be faced with the choice of spending that money on books or on food / housing. https://t.co/mNEmZFTdP4
— Sean Michael Morris (@slamteacher) August 30, 2019
Neoliberal capitalism has destroyed higher ed to the point where we’re telling students to literally bleed themselves dry for course materials. https://t.co/pgpZfYwr7k
— Kevin Gannon (@TheTattooedProf) August 30, 2019
OER @RowanU
FROM THE FIELD: Faculty at @RowanUniversity are reworking their courses to bring down the cost of course materials as part of their Textbook Alternative Program, launched in 2018 #opened #highered #edtech #OER https://t.co/SESKjok3Qd
— OER Digest (@OERdigest) August 27, 2019
https://www.newsweek.com/rowan-university-textbook-college-cost-student-debt-1452831
Professors submit applications that specify the course they want to redevelop, how they could use low or no-cost materials, their goals and the impact the grant would have for their students. Then, a diverse group of faculty and staff members review the applications and select the recipients.
Open Education Texas
An article on our OER conference just posted on the @cccoer website!
Open Education Texas: Policy, Practice, & Potential – CCCOER https://t.co/y7WzGmYTm9 via @cccoer
— Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (@digihectex) August 27, 2019
https://www.cccoer.org/2019/08/26/open-education-texas-convening/
OpenEd19
EVENT: Early bird registration for the 2019 Open Education Conference ends September 6. Register today! #OpenEd19 #opened #OER #opentextbooks #highered #edtech https://t.co/Yfn2INaSOG
— OER Digest (@OERdigest) August 27, 2019
textbook transformation
A “Wired Magazine” article explores the technicalities and business models for texbooks, including OER
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2019/08/28/textbooks-transformation/
creative commons and copyright videos
campus support OER
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-10-30-campus-support-for-oer-is-growing-survey-finds
the latest Campus Computing Survey, one of the largest annual surveys of college technology leaders in the U.S.
Those same tech leaders, however, said that not all faculty are sold on the approach. Only 38 percent agreed or strongly agreed that “faculty at my campus believe that the quality of OER course materials is about the same as comparable commercial products.”
libraries and publishers
I will say again that if someone tried to create the library system today, there is no way the publishers lobby would ever allow it to happen https://t.co/Isuox3A4c6
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) July 29, 2019