Open Educational Resources (OER) at UVA

 

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Pressbooks Workshop Schedule - Fall 2024
All sessions will be held 12-1pm via Zoom. 

 

SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

Intro to OER/Textbook Review

Interested in learning more about Open Educational Resources (OER)--what they are, why we should care about them, and what the Library is doing to support their use?

This workshop is intended for those looking for open alternatives to traditional materials or for those hoping to learn more about the possibilities of open education. We'll review how using these resources reduces student costs, can improve student success, promotes accessible and customized content development, and gives faculty control over their class resources. We'll discuss the statewide mandate for affordability in higher education and what we know about student needs at UVA.
In addition, we will cover how faculty can review an open textbook from the Open Textbook Library and receive a $200 renumeration for that effort. Please join us!

 

An Introduction to Pressbooks

Pressbooks offers an easy-to-use publishing interface that allows for flexibility with publishing formats (EPUB, MOBI, PDF), and is a popular choice for Open Educational Resource (OER) creation. In this online session, learn more about what Pressbooks offers and how to leverage it for your own work.

 

Pressbooks Advanced

This session is designed for users who have some familiarity with Pressbooks and are ready to engage in more complex activities, like adding interactive elements or integrating Pressbooks with supported third-party tools. Topics covered in this session include the following:

1. Cloning and adapting an openly licensed book and using the source comparison tool
2. Using features demonstrated in the An Introduction to Pressbooks session.
3. Creating and displaying mathematical notation (MathJax/LaTeX)
4. Creating interactive activities in the book (using H5P)
5. Enabling web annotation for books (with Hypothesis)
6. How to get help and front-line support for their network from published guides and their network managers.

 

SEPTEMBER

September 16: Intro to OER/Textbook Review 
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/11295530

September 26: Intro to OER/Textbook Review
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13136533

 

OCTOBER

October 1: Pressbooks Introduction
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13137004

October 9: Pressbooks Advanced
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13137259

October 15: Intro to OER/Textbook Review 
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13136602

October 17: Intro to OER/Textbook Review 
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13136606

 

NOVEMBER

November 12: Intro to OER/Textbook Review 
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13136614

November 13: Pressbooks Introduction
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13137067

November 14: Intro to OER/Textbook Review 
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13136618

November 19: Pressbooks Advanced
https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/13137287