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What’s in a textbook?
Rice University might say freedom. Freedom to teach in new ways. Freedom to learn affordably. Since 2012, Rice University has been getting it right with textbooks. What are they doing that’s different? Rice is listening to faculty and students alike … Continue reading
Posted in For Faculty, For Graduate Students
Tagged OER, open educational resources, open textbooks, textbooks
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Lower the cost of textbooks for your students through an Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) Textbook Transformation Grant
The GSU Library and The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning are collaborating with GALILEO’s Affordable Learning Georgia to offer grants for teaching faculty who would like to reduce textbooks costs for their students by adopting, adapting, or creating textbooks … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable learning georgia, ALG, Grants, open educaational resources, open textbooks, textbooks
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Open Textbooks: Collections, Impact, Support, Grants
Recently, the GSU Library celebrated Open Education Week with an Open Educational Resources (OER) information table located just inside the main entrance of Atlanta Library North. Approximately 68 students and a few professors stopped by the table to explore OER … Continue reading
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Tagged open education week; open education; OER; open educational resources; textbooks, open textbooks
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Today from Noon-1pm: One GSU professor’s experience creating an open textbook
Join us today in CURVE on the second floor of Library South as Dr. Susan Willey shares the challenges and triumphs involved in creating an open textbook. This event is part of the GSU Library’s week long celebration of Open … Continue reading
Posted in Faculty Publications and Research, For Faculty, Uncategorized
Tagged OER, open education, Open Education Week, open educational resources, open textbooks, textbooks
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Transform Your Textbooks! Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation Grants: Round Six
Affordable Learning Georgia’s Textbook Transformation Grants support the replacement of expensive commercial textbooks with low-cost, no-cost, and open educational resources. Use existing open educational resources such as OpenStax College Textbooks, no-cost-to-students library and web resources, and new affordable authoring applications and … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable learning georgia, ALG, open textbooks, RFP, textbook transformation grants
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Textbook Transformation Grants Call for Proposals Rounds 3-5
Affordable Learning Georgia has issued a call for proposals for their Textbook Transformation Grants here. The grants support the adoption of low-cost or no cost course materials. This is the rounds 3-5 of Textbook Transformation grant opportunities. So far, these … Continue reading
Posted in For Faculty, General News, Instruction
Tagged affordable learning georgia, Grants, OER, open education, open educational resources, open textbooks, textbooks
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Why Professors are creating and using free and open textbooks
College textbook prices are increasing faster than tuition and inflation. The College Board estimates that students need $1200 per year for textbooks. Based on that number, students in the University System of Georgia (USG) could spend $360,000,000 this year on … Continue reading