Manifold & Accessibility
Karen Lauritsen of the Open Education Network (OEN) welcomes Elliott Stevens from the University of Washington Seattle to discuss key concepts for creating accessibility, strategies for working with faculty and student authors on prioritizing accessibility, and our wish list for Manifold's future updates.
New OEN Member Benefit: Manifold Access

The Open Education Network (OEN) now offers community members access to its Manifold instance as a membership benefit. Manifold is a publishing workflow collaboratively developed by the CUNY Graduate Center, University of Minnesota Press, and Cast Iron Coding. It is commonly used to support the creation and publishing of open educational resources (OER).
OEN Expanding Manifold Community Access for 2024

The OEN is extending Manifold access to the entire community until March 2025, and potentially beyond, if the community finds it useful.
Manifold Case Study: University of Northern Iowa
Karen Lauritsen of the Open Education Network (OEN) recently welcomed Anne Marie Gruber from the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) to discuss UNI's Manifold pilot project, Cornerstone (2nd Edition). They were joined by Terence Smyre and Robin Miller of the Manifold team and several representatives from the OEN Manifold pilot community.
Manifold Case Study: Eastern Kentucky University

The OEN's Karen Lauritsen recently welcomed Kelly Smith and Laura Edwards from Eastern Kentucky University Libraries to discuss their Manifold pilot project, SWK 340: Social Work Research Methods OER Collection. In addition, Terence Smyre and Robin Miller from the Manifold team talked about the upcoming Manifold V8 release and answered questions.
Open Education Network Launches Manifold Pilot
The Open Education Network (OEN) has launched its Manifold Pilot, welcoming more than a dozen institutions and organizations to experiment with Manifold, a web publishing platform, for a variety of open educational publishing practices.