In 2015, the UNESCO General Conference proclaimed September 28th the International Day for Universal Access to Information. UNESCO protects and promotes access to information as a fundamental human right. Free access to information is critically important for democracy, development, and equality. This year, the global conference is focused on the… read more
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest April 1 – April 15, 2023
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 15 The Original Wilhelm Scream Recording Session Has Been Found pastemagazine.com/movies/filmmak… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 12 OE Fellows Publish Textbook sites.utexas.edu/openaccess/202… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 11 Cambridge Open Access Fees Waived for Low- and Middle-income Countries – goo.gl/alerts/Cp9PmY Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Apr 6 First steps taken by project mapping diamond open access – Research… read more
Upcoming Event
Open Education Week March 6th-10th, 2023 Join us as we celebrate and amplify the open education practices happening within the UT community during Open Education Week. Events, both in person and virtual, will be aimed at educating faculty and staff about OER, open pedagogy, and open education initiatives. Events OER… read more
Affordable Education Champions
Nominate faculty now through February 24, 2023! Have you had an instructor who increased access and equity by selecting free or low cost course materials for class? Nominate them as an Affordable Education Champion to let them know how much their choices meant to you! Submit nominations here: tinyurl.com/23Afford. Affordable Education… read more
Apply for the Open Education Fellows program
The UT Libraries (UTL) eagerly invites applications for a program to support faculty who will adopt and create open educational resources (OER): the Open Education Fellows Program. Through this program, we aim to reduce the cost of required course materials for UT Austin students and empower instructors to adapt or… read more
Affordable Course Materials 101 Workshop
The UT OER Working Group is hosting a workshop to introduce participants to open educational resources (OER). Instructors can leverage the open licenses assigned to OER to offer their students free, immediate access to course materials as well as to copy and adapt those materials to meet the needs of… read more
Instructor Learning Community Applications Open
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Working Group eagerly seeks applicants to join its second instructor learning community in Fall 2022. The facilitators will join participants from across disciplines in their efforts to make their courses as financially inclusive as possible by eliminating or substantially lowering course material costs. The emphasis… read more
40 Hours to relieve Longhorns from expensive textbooks
Join the University of Texas Libraries in transforming classrooms across the Forty Acres from using expensive textbooks to using no-cost, free-use course materials through Open Educational Resources (OERs)! You can make a difference now during our 40 Hours for the Forty Acres campaign until April 7 at 10pm. Textbooks cost… read more
OER Highlighted
Senate of College Councils advocates for OER & affordable course materials in the College Tuition Budget Advisory Report
Recently, the Senate of College Councils released the College Tuition Budget Advisory Report (CTBAC). This report summarizes results from the biennial CTBAC survey deployed to all UT Austin students in Fall 2021 to collect feedback from the student body on the University’s tuition and budget process. For the first time,… read more
