Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 14 New open-access archaeology database launched for geochemical artefacts heritagedaily.com/2020/05/new-op… via @HeritageDaily – Archaeology News Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 12 We Will Lose Libraries to COVID-19 by Kate Tkacik Sweeney link.medium.com/TU19fEAHq6 Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo May 12 “Even before librarians closed their doors against the pandemic, they… read more
Open educational resources
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter Digest March 16-31, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo 23h Creative Commons Interview with Dr. Lucie Guibault: What Scientists Should Know About Open Access infojustice.org/archives/42216 Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 30 Watch Zoe Saldaña & Eva Longoria Read Kids Books in Spanish as Part of the Save With Stories Campaign remezcla.com/film/eva-longo… via @remezcla Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Mar 30 A Revolution in Science Publishing,… read more
Open Education Week 2020
It’s Open Education Week and we are trying to spread the work about the benefits of using open educational resources (OER). We were in the PCL lobby today telling students about OER and encouraging them to share how much they spent on course materials this semester and share a story… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest
Starting this month, we will create a digest every 2 weeks of the tweets we have sent out via Texas ScholarWorks and share it here. We try to find any interesting news pertaining to Open Access, archives, and libraries, in general. Remember, you can also follow us on Twitter here:… read more
Wiki Education
If you are interested in having your students contribute to Wikipedia as part of the activities for your class, you may want to consider working with Wiki Education. Instructors who sign up will have access to support materials to help guide their assignment. If you would like to try running… read more
Pressbooks webinar on Nov. 21st
If you are a faculty member at a Texas Digital Library-affiliated institution, you are invited to attend a webinar on Pressbooks, an OER textbook platform. The webinar will be geared towards showing faculty how to use Pressbooks to create OER course materials. Sign up for the free webinar Date: Thursday,… read more
Open Education Workshop in November
Join us for a discussion on implementing open pedagogical practices in the classroom, enabling student-driven learning opportunities, and using open educational resources in your instruction. We’ll hear from a panel of UT faculty who have adopted open pedagogy in their approach to teaching, get a demo of the open web… read more
OER Community of Practice meet-ups start Friday, Sept. 13th!
If you are looking to connect with fellow UT faculty, graduate students, and staff on issues related to open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy, then please join us starting Friday, Sept. 13th for our first community of practice meet-up. The meet-ups are a space to brainstorm, ask questions, consult… read more
OER Community of Practice
If you are using open educational resources (OER) in your courses or have considered using them, please join us this fall for our OER community of practice meet-ups. These meet-ups are being organized by staff from UT Libraries, the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, and Texas Digital… read more
Registration open for OER Workshop in August
The UT Libraries and COERLL are happy to announce an open educational resources (OER) workshop for instructors at UT. If you are interested in learning more about how you can incorporate OERs into your class, this would be a great place to get started. Title: Incorporating OER in Courses Description:… read more
