Publishing Advisory Group Navigates Complex Landscape
The Publishing Cooperative Advisory Group is a standing group created by the Open Education Network (OEN) in 2023 to support our community’s evolving interests and initiatives in publishing open educational resources.
In its first two years, the eight-member Advisory Group has taken a visionary, strategic, and action-oriented approach to recognize the community’s publishing needs and develop pathways to address them together.
Chayeng Moua: OTL Student Assistant
Now in its 12th year, the Open Textbook Library (OTL) offers more than 1,560 open textbooks for everyone to download, use, and share at no cost. The Open Education Network (OEN) takes a collaborative approach to managing the library and positioning it as a resource for learners around the world. So, what role does our Student Assistant, Chayeng Moua, play in keeping the library vibrant and continually growing?
UNE Welcomes On-Site OEN Workshops
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.
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.
Updated OER Publishing Toolkits
At the Open Education Network (OEN) community’s September Tea Time, the Publishing Cooperative Advisory Group announced it has completed revisions to the OER Publishing Toolkit. Since forming in 2023, the Advisory Group has been working to update and expand the existing toolkit into two new openly licensed toolkits, which are now available for those interested in publishing open educational resources (OER).
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).
Making the Message Stick: FLVC’s OER Student Advocate Packet
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.
Pub101: Working with Authors 2024
The May 29th session is our Pub101 2024 series finale. Hosted by Amanda Larson of Ohio State University, today's discussion features Abbey Elder of Iowa State University who offers practical guidance for working with faculty authors.
Pub101: Publishing Models 2024
Pub101 is a free, informal, online orientation to open textbook publishing. This May 22, 2024, session is the 6th in our series this year. Host Cindy Gruwell of the University of West Florida welcomes guest speaker Amanda Larson of Ohio State University for a discussion of open publishing models.
Pub101: Call for Proposals 2024
This May 8, 2024, session of Pub101 is the fifth in our series this year. Host Melissa Chim of Excelsior University welcomes Virginia Commonwealth University's Karen Bjork and Abbey Childs as guest speakers in today's discussion of the Call for Proposals in open publishing.
Pub101: MOUs 2024
This May 1, 2024, session of Pub101 is the fourth in our series this year. Our discussion of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) in open publishing is led by Carla Myers of Miami University Libraries. Today's host is Jessica McClean from of the University of Texas at Arlington.