STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: PAULINE HUFF OER GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Today we’re proud to feature student, Pauline Huff, as part of Open Education Week. Pauline is in her first year pursuing a Dual Degree program in Information Studies and Middle Eastern Studies, focusing on libraries and archives. Pauline also spends her… read more
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Happy Open Education Week 2025!
Today marks the start of Open Education Week! Open Educational Resources are openly licensed materials that can be: Retained Reused Revised Remixed Redistributed OER can make a huge difference to our students. In anonymous surveys, students report using the money they saved from having to buy textbooks on rent, groceries,… read more
Open Ed Week Event – Pressbooks
OPEN EDUCATION WEEK VIRTUAL FACULTY PANEL The OER Working Group invites you to celebrate Open Education Week (March 3-7) by joining a panel of UT faculty for a virtual discussion on open education practices on Thursday, March 6th, at 2pm CST. As open education initiatives continue to expand, some faculty are looking to create their own open educational resources.… read more
December Scholarly Communications Newsletter
Scholarly Communications Newsletter, #9 December 9, 2024 Open Education Fellows for 2025 UT Libraries’ is pleased to announce the 2025 cohort of Open Education Fellows: Dr. Robin Moore, Butler School of Music Dr. Marissa Burgermaster, Dell Medical School Dr. Øyvind Bjøru, College of Liberal Arts This cohort of Open Education… read more
October Scholarly Communications Newsletter
Scholarly Communications Newsletter, #7 Call for Open Education Fellows The UT Libraries (UTL) eagerly invites applications for the Open Education Fellows Program, a stipend-support fellowship which supports faculty who will adopt and create open educational resources (OER). Through this program, we aim to reduce the cost of required course materials… read more
Open Education Fellows Application Period Open
The UT Libraries (UTL) eagerly invites applications for the Open Education Fellows Program, a stipend-support fellowship which supports faculty who will adopt and create open educational resources (OER): Through this program, we aim to reduce the cost of required course materials for UT Austin students and empower instructors to adapt… read more
Affordable Education Champion Profile: Dr. Emily Que
Dr. Emily Que Department of Chemistry As the 2023-2024 academic year comes to a close, the Senate of College Councils and UT Libraries partnered to solicit nominations from students across campus to recognize instructors who increased access and equity by selecting free or low cost course materials for their classes.… read more
Affordable Education Champion Profile: Dr. Michael Aubrey
Dr. Michael Aubrey Department of Chemistry As the 2023-2024 academic year comes to a close, the Senate of College Councils and UT Libraries partnered to solicit nominations from students across campus to recognize instructors who increased access and equity by selecting free or low cost course materials for their classes. … read more
Student Spotlight: Marco Pevia
Marco Pevia (he/him) Undergraduate Student (Senior) College of Liberal Arts, Spanish and Linguistics Today we’re proud to feature student, Marco Pevia (he/him), as part of Open Education Week. Marco is a first generation college student and is in his fourth year pursuing degrees in Spanish and Linguistics with a… read more
Open Education Fellowship
One of the many ways UT Austin Libraries supports faculty in implementing OER into their coursework is through the Open Education Fellowship. The Open Education Fellowship is a stipend-supported program, in which selected faculty either adopt or create OER to use in place of paid course materials. And the fellows… read more
