This week is Open Education Week! To celebrate, we’re having an Open Textbook Fair in the PCL Lobby. It’s today (March 6th) from 2:00pm-4:00pm. We’ll have a trivia game, a whiteboard to share your textbook thoughts, and some print open educational textbooks for people to check out. There will also… read more
Open educational resources
OER Workshop in January
Notes from the OER Workshop are available here. Registration Open for OER Workshop on January 10, 2019 Are you interested in learning more about Open Educational Resources (OER), how to find and adapt them, how to create them, how the copyright works, how to incorporate openness into your teaching, and… read more
OA Week 2018: Bringing It All Together
Open educational resources (OER) – instructional resources made from open materials – are a logical endpoint when discussing open access initiatives. At UT Libraries, we’re committed to promoting the adoption and creation of OER across campus. Our OER Working Group’s efforts were recently discussed on Tex Libris, and they have included revamping the OER LibGuide and… read more
Open Textbook Pilot applications open
The Department of Education has announced that proposals are now being accepted for an Open Textbooks Pilot program. They will be awarding between one and three grants up to a total of $5 million dollars. The priorities for this pilot include: Improve collaboration and dissemination through consortial arrangements Address gaps in… read more
OER grant opportunity
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has announced a Request for Applications for OER grants. They will be awarding up to 20 grants to encourage faculty to adopt, modify, redesign, or develop courses that use only open educational resources. The deadline for application is August 20th, 2018 at 5:00pm Central… read more
Travel scholarship from UT Libraries
The University of Texas Libraries wants to send you to OpenCon 2018 in Toronto, Canada! If you are a UT Austin graduate student or postdoctoral researcher with an interest in open access (OA), open educational resources (OER) or open data who wants to help shape the future of research and… read more
Funding for open textbooks
The omnibus bill that passed both the House & Senate last week and was signed into law included a $5 million provision for an open textbook grant program. This money will be awarded to higher education institutions as part of a competitive grant process. The call for proposals will likely… read more
OK Go and OER
If you’ve enjoyed the very creative OK Go videos, you’ll probably love this new resource they’ve put together in cooperation with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas: The OK Go Sandbox. The sandbox is designed to walk educators through the thought processes behind the OK Go… read more
"Yes, We're Celebrating Open Education!" Exhibit
In recognition of Open Education week (March 5-9), the Libraries have created a display to highlight the value of open educational resources at a time when the cost of a college education is at a premium. “Yes, We’re Celebrating Open Education!” will be hosted at the Scholars Commons in the… read more
Travel scholarship available
The University of Texas Libraries wants to send you to OpenCon 2017 in Berlin, Germany! If you are a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher with an interest in open access (OA), open educational resources (OER) or open data who wants to help shape the future of research and education at… read more
