Open education Archives - LibreTexts https://libretexts.org/tag/open-education/ Free The Textbook Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:12:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://libretexts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Open education Archives - LibreTexts https://libretexts.org/tag/open-education/ 32 32 LibreTexts Team Welcomes Two New Members https://libretexts.org/libretexts-team-welcomes-two-new-members/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:10:18 +0000 https://libretexts.org/?p=5737 We are excited to announce that we have not one, but two new members of the LibreTexts team joining us this month. First up is our new Director of Curriculum Innovation and Development, Justin Shorb. Justin was previously a member of the LibreTexts team and is responsible for co-organizing the very first LibreFest workshops. He …
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]]> We are excited to announce that we have not one, but two new members of the LibreTexts team joining us this month. First up is our new Director of Curriculum Innovation and Development, Justin Shorb. Justin was previously a member of the LibreTexts team and is responsible for co-organizing the very first LibreFest workshops. He is passionate about curriculum and OER, and is excited to bring his expertise back to the LibreVerse. In his own words:

“This is a great opportunity for me to pursue my passion of making curriculum materials accessible to students of all abilities and financial means – and it expands my prior focus of chemistry into essentially all disciplines! This continues my ongoing professional work with Open Educational Resources (OER, from my time at Catalyst/Labflow and at Chemical Education Digital Library), curation of OER Libraries, curriculum reform, and assessment! I am excited to work with faculty across disciplines to develop free textbook solutions and extremely low-cost assessment tools for their classrooms!”

Next up, you will be seeing a lot of this team member across the greater LibreVerse in the coming weeks. We are talking, of course, about our new official LibreTexts mascot, Benny! Benny, short for Bennett, has joined the team to share his passion of showing current and prospective open education advocates all of the benefits inherent with using OER, as well as how easy it can be to take your open education efforts to the next level with LibreTexts.

Welcome to the team, Justin and Benny!

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]]> New Series of ADAPT Webinars Begins Next Week https://libretexts.org/new-series-of-adapt-webinars-begins-next-week/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:37:47 +0000 https://libretexts.org/?p=5677 ADAPT, the open homework system within LibreTexts, allows users to build formative and summative assessments using WebWork, H5P, or Native QTI. It is also possible to create accessible alternatives to questions and assessments. Faculty are continually developing and sharing new questions and activity types, so the way in which you can assess your students’ learning is …
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]]> ADAPT, the open homework system within LibreTexts, allows users to build formative and summative assessments using WebWork, H5P, or Native QTI. It is also possible to create accessible alternatives to questions and assessments. Faculty are continually developing and sharing new questions and activity types, so the way in which you can assess your students’ learning is endless.

In addition to providing a place to access and create assessments, ADAPT is also a tool for connecting open homework systems to the Canvas gradebook. This series of webinars is intended to introduce users to ADAPT. Each hands-on one-hour webinar is followed by 30 minutes for questions and answers.

All attendees will need to create a free ADAPT instructor account to fully participate in these webinars. You can request an account on the LibreTexts ADAPT website.

Friday, June 14, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

ADAPT Level 1 – Accessing ADAPT and Finding Existing Assessments

What is ADAPT and what resources currently exist for the courses you teach? In this webinar you will learn how to navigate ADAPT, search for existing resources, and modify resources created by others.

Register for ADAPT Level 1

Friday, June 21, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

ADAPT Level 2 – Creating in ADAPT

In this webinar you will learn how to create auto-graded activities in ADAPT, featuring various question types like fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, true or false, select choice, and matching that are accessible and adaptable.

Register for ADAPT Level 2

Monday, July 15, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

ADAPT Level 3 – Using ADAPT in Canvas

Having created assessments in ADAPT, how can you integrate them into Canvas? Explore ADAPT’s seamless integration with Canvas grades.

Register for ADAPT Level 3

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]]> Annual LibreFest Workshop Registration Now Open https://libretexts.org/annual-librefest-workshop-registration-now-open/ Mon, 20 May 2024 18:21:55 +0000 https://libretexts.org/?p=5631 This year’s annual LibreFest workshop hosted by LibreTexts will be held virtually the week of July 8-12, 2024. Sessions will begin at 9 am PST on Monday. Office hours will be held everyday from 8-9 am. There will be time for questions and reflections at the close of each day’s sessions (3-4 pm) If you …
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This year’s annual LibreFest workshop hosted by LibreTexts will be held virtually the week of July 8-12, 2024. Sessions will begin at 9 am PST on Monday. Office hours will be held everyday from 8-9 am. There will be time for questions and reflections at the close of each day’s sessions (3-4 pm)

If you do not already have a LibreTexts account, you will be prompted to create one during this registration process.

This virtual workshop will provide four and a half days of teaching and working sessions covering: how to create Open Education Resources (OER); how to edit/modify existing OER to build textbooks and other learning resources; how to use our Conductor project management platform with our new Workbench; and our ADAPT open homework and assessment system. We will also hear Success Stories from LibreTexts super users each day.

The registration fee for this workshop is $35 and includes a LibreTexts shirt and other small swag. Please use the payment link at the end of this form to pay once you have registered here. Fee waivers are available for current LibreNet members; please note no swag will be offered when using the fee waiver option. Please email Jennifer Rogers, LibreTexts Outreach Coordinator, at jrogers@libretexts.org for the waiver code.

This registration will close no later than July 5, 2024. Capacity is limited; register today!

Keep reading for the entire LibreFest 2024 schedule (note: schedule is subject to change).

Day 1 (July 8): Introduction to ADAPT

Intro to LibreVerse (9:00-10:00)  Delmar Larsen

Success story (10:00-10:30)  Cristina Moon (Chabot College)

Break (10:30-10:45)

ADAPT intro (10:45-12:00) Delmar Larsen

Lunch (12:00-1:00)

ADAPT intro to assignment (1:00-1:30) Delmar Larsen

Breakout rooms (1:30-3:00)  

Rooms based on types of functionality (Goals: make a course, make assignments, add questions to assignments, cloning an assignment)

Reflections and Questions (3:00-4:00)  

Please answer the following questions in the appropriate threads in the LibreFest 2024 Conductor project: 


What did you  learn?

What did you like?

What needs more clarification?


Day 2: ADAPT 

Office hours (8:00-9:00)

Mastering Open Licensing (9:00-10:00)  Delmar Larsen

Success story (10:00-10:30)  Thomas Gisel (College of the Canyons)

Break (10:30-10:45)

ADAPT Integration and student facing (10:45-11:15) Delmar Larsen and Cristina Moon

ADAPT Learning Trees (11:15-12:00) Delmar Larsen 

Lunch (12:00-1:00)

Breakout rooms (1:00-3:00)

Build a 3-pronged learning tree

Reflections and Questions (3:00-4:00)  

Please answer the following questions in the appropriate threads in the LibreFest 2024 Conductor project: 


What did you  learn?

What did you like?

What needs more clarification?


Day 3: Remixing 

Office hours (8:00-9:00)

Introduction to Construction Workflow: Conductor, Workbench, Remixer (9:00-10:00) Josh Halpern

Success story (10:00-10:30) Roy Simpson (Cosumnes River College)

Break (10:30-10:45)

Introduction to Remixing and the Remixer (10:45-12:00) Delmar Larsen

Lunch (12:00-1:00)

Breakout rooms (1:00-3:00) 

Remixing 

Reflections and Questions (3:00-4:00)  

Please answer the following questions in the appropriate threads in the LibreFest 2024 Conductor project: 


What did you  learn?

What did you like?

What needs more clarification?


Day 4: Editing

Office hours (8:00-9:00)

Introduction to Basic Editing (9:00-10:00) Josh Halpern

Success story (10:00-10:30) Frank Paiano (Southwestern College)

Break (10:30-10:45)

Advanced Editing and Accessibility (10:45-12:00)  Delmar Larsen

Lunch (12:00-1:00)

Breakout rooms (Remixing and Editing) (1:00-3:00)

Reflections and Questions (3:00-4:00)  

Please answer the following questions in the appropriate threads in the LibreFest 2024 Conductor project: 


What did you  learn?

What did you like?

What needs more clarification?


Day 5: The Greater LibreVerse

Office hours (8:00-9:00)

Introduction to the Greater LibreVerse (9:00-9:30) Delmar Larsen

Campus-Wide Activity – Coalinga College (9:30-10:00) Rachel Fleming

Success story (10:00-10:30) Armeda Reitzel (CSU Humboldt)

Break (10:30-10:45)

Upcoming Attractions – Antecedent Writing (10:45-11:15) Raymond Oenbring

  Academy and AI (11:15-12:00) Delmar Larsen 

Reflections and Questions (12:00-1:00)  

Please answer the following questions in the appropriate threads in the LibreFest 2024 Conductor project: 


What did you  learn?

What did you like?

What needs more clarification?

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