Annual LibreFest Workshop Registration Now Open
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 [email protected] 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)
Success story (10:00-10:30): Cristina Moon (Chabot College)
Break (10:30-10:45)
ADAPT intro (10:30-12:00)
Lunch (12:00-1:00)
Breakout rooms (1:00-3:00)
Rooms based on types of functionality (Building Courses, Building Questions, Learning Trees)
Reflections and Questions (3:00-4:00)
Day 2: (July 9) ADAPT Application and Intro to Commons&Conductor and Remixer
Office hours (8:00-9:00)
Mastering Open Licensing (9:00-10:00)
Success story (10:00-10:30): Thomas Geisel (College of the Canyons)
Break (10:30-10:45)
ADAPT (10:45-11:15)
Integration – How students use ADAPT (LMS vs. stand alone)
Introduction to Construction Workflow: Conductor, Workbench, Remixing (11:15-12:00)
Lunch (12:00-1:00)
Breakout rooms (1:00-3:00)
1:00-2:00: LMS integrations (hands on) or continue working on ADAPT (course or assessment)
2:00-3:00: Build a test book (workflow)
Reflections and Questions (3:00-4:00)
Day 3: (July 10) Remixing
Office hours (8:00-9:00)
Introduction to Remixing (9:00-10:00)
Success story (10:00-10:30): Roy Simpson (Cosumnes River College)
Break (10:30-10:45)
Introduction to the Remixer (10:45-11:15)
Introduction to Editing (11:15-12)
Lunch (12:00-1:00)
Breakout rooms (remixing) (1:00-3:00)
Reflections and Questions (3:00-4:00)
Day 4: (July 11) Editing
Office hours (8:00-9:00)
Introduction to Basic Editing (9:00-10:00)
Success story (10:00-10:30): Frank Paiano (Southwestern College)
Break (10:30-10:45)
Advanced Editing and Accessibility (10:45-12:00)
Lunch (12:00-1:00)
Breakout rooms (Remixing and Editing) (1:00-3:00)
Reflections and Questions (3:00-4:00)
Day 5: (July 12) The Greater LibreVerse
Office hours (8:00-9:00)
Introduction to the Greater LibreVerse (9:00-10:00)
Success story (10:00-10:30): Armeda Reitzel (CSU Humboldt)
Break (10:30-10:45)
Reflections and Questions (12:00-1:00)
