Invitation for faculty who teach: March 2nd "Introduction to Open Textbooks" - 1 hour session

[Anita Walz]

Dear Colleagues, 

Please share with interested faculty who teach. 

The University Libraries is hosting a one-hour "Introduction to Open Textbooks" via Zoom on Wednesday, March 2nd from 4-5pm. Registration is required: https://bit.ly/intro-open-textbooks 

This workshop is designed for faculty who teach, but is open to anyone within the university community. 

Faculty who participate in the workshop -- and within six weeks submit a brief written review of an open textbook in their discipline -- will receive a $200 stipend funded by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia https://vivalib.org. [Others are welcome to attend but only VT faculty and staff who teach are eligible for VIVA's stipend. Stipend eligibility unfortunately does not extend to GTAs though GTAs are welcome to attend.]

Open textbooks may be selected from the Open Textbook Library https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks. The Open Textbook Library contains ~1,000 open textbooks spanning many disciplines which are openly licensed and freely available online. 

This workshop includes:
- Discussion of course material perceptions and preferences
- Impacts of course material costs on students
- What we mean (and don’t mean) by “open textbook”
- Creative Commons licenses
- VT’s Guidelines on Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Textbooks
- Other faculty reviews

The workshop is co-hosted by Virginia Tech and Randolph College. It will be co-presented by Anita Walz, Assistant Director of Open Education, University Libraries and Kelsey Moseed, Research and Instruction Librarian, Randolph College. Further information on the University Libraries at Virginia Tech's support for open educational resources (OER) is available at https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer 

WHAT Introduction to Open Textbooks + invitation to review
WHEN 4 - 5pm Wed, March 2nd
WHERE via Zoom (a calendar invite with link will be sent via email)
HOW TO REGISTER https://bit.ly/intro-open-textbooks

QUESTIONS? Please contact Anita Walz arw...@vt.edu 

If you cannot attend but wish to in the future please register and you'll be added to the email invite list for upcoming workshops. If you are considering authoring or customizing existing open educational resources -- or in getting rights back on your published learning materials and releasing them openly, funds and support are available! Please visit https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/grants AND schedule an appointment with me at this link for more information.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please email library-event-...@vt.edu at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Looking forward to seeing many of you on the 2nd!

Warm regards, 

Anita

Anita R. Walz

Associate Professor

Assistant Director for Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian
Library Liaison to Economics and Legal Studies

Virginia Tech | University Libraries (0434)
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Blacksburg, VA 24061
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Open Educational Resources Guide http://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer

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