UHCC OER System 2022 Campaign (Textbook Reviewer Spring 2022)
Hosted by University of Hawaii System
Location:
Online
Date and Time:
Friday, January 28th, 2022
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Help Lower Textbook Costs for Students
Are you an instructor who is concerned about the impact of high textbook costs on your students? Explore possible open textbook solutions by attending a one-hour workshop and writing a short textbook review. Receive a $200 award for your review!
Did You Know...
- The high cost of some course materials can impede students’ academic success.
- The cost of textbooks is rising at a rate of 4 times inflation.
- Seven out of 10 students don’t purchase a required textbook during their academic career because of cost.
- 60% of students have delayed purchasing textbooks until they’ve received their financial aid.
Open Textbooks
Open textbooks can help alleviate the burden of textbook costs for students and provide faculty with content that can be customized for their course. Open textbooks are full, real textbooks, used by many faculty across the country, and licensed to be freely used, edited, and distributed. You can find open textbooks in the Open Textbook Library, an online collection of over 900 textbooks that are licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed.
What You Can Do
Attend the Open Textbook Reviewer Training — a one-hour session where you can discover open textbooks in your field. After the workshop, you’ll be asked to write a short review of an open textbook from the Open Textbook Library. The review deadline is 6 weeks after the workshop. Your review will benefit other faculty considering open textbooks.
Eligibility
Current UHCC faculty, lecturers, and APT only. The $200 incentive award will be processed as overload, subject to participant eligibility.
Meeting and Facilitator Info
Additional meeting details and a Zoom link will be sent separately to registered participants. Your workshop facilitators include UHCC System librarians, instructional designers, and instructors. See the UH OER Team page for a list of UHCC representatives.
Questions
Contact Jason Yamashita at uhccoer@hawaii.edu or your campus OER lead.