Member Spotlight

This fall, the University of New England (UNE) kicked off the new academic year with a full-day event at the institution’s Biddeford, Maine, campus. The lineup welcomed undergraduate faculty and staff back to school with a fun run/walk, engaging presentations including an address by UNE President James Herbert, and an outdoor barbecue lunch in what is arguably one of the most scenic waterfront university settings in the region.

David Tully, Librarian for Student Success and Affordability at North Carolina State Universities, and Jamie Witman, Open Educational Practices Specialist for the Open Education Network (OEN), were also enjoying the barbecue that day. The two presenters were on campus in person, set to deliver OEN workshops on open educational resources (OER) at the request of UNE Library Services. 

The OER Student Advocate Packet (OER SAP) is an openly licensed resource created primarily for students who’d like to help spread the word about open educational resources and zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) courses. Launched by Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) Library Services in May 2023, OER SAP is designed to raise student awareness, and make sharing that awareness with others as efficient as possible. 

We are delighted to welcome eCampusOntario to our community, and we look forward to mutually promising opportunities to share diverse perspectives on open education.

The Open Education Network (OEN) is pleased to welcome Open Society University Network (OSUN) to the community. OSUN was cofounded by the Central European University and Bard College, with the support of the Open Society Foundations. They collaborate with a range of higher education and research institutions and think tanks around the world. 

The Open Education Network (OEN) is pleased to welcome the University of Sheffield, a leading research institution, as our first community member based in the United Kingdom. 

The Open Education Network (OEN) extends a warm welcome to Arkansas Community Colleges (ACC), a newer member of the OEN community.

One of the challenges we often hear from our members is how to demonstrate the success of open education initiatives. In this member spotlight, we examine how one member uses an ambitious data plan to meet this need.

Having won a competition to develop an open textbook for his Critical Filipinx American Histories course through the UW Libraries Open Textbook Grant program, University of Washington American Ethnic Studies Professor Rick Bonus headed into the fall of 2019 with an ambitious plan: to develop the textbook in partnership with his students.