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LibreTexts News & Updates | August 2025
Greetings, LibreTexts Community!
Keep reading for the latest updates from the LibreTexts team.
OctoberFest 2025 to be Held in-person
For the first time since 2019, this year's LibreFest/OctoberFest workshop will be held in-person on Monday, October 27 at the historic St. Cajetan's (https://aurariacampus.edu/auraria/historic-auraria/st-cajetans/) in the heart of the Metropolitan State University (MSU) campus in downtown Denver, CO with a hybrid option. Looking for an introduction to adapting, remixing, or editing content with LibreTexts? Curious about our ADAPT open homework and assessment platform? OctoberFest is a great place to start! The workshop will run from 9-4 and will include a light breakfast and lunch. Educators from all local institutions, as well those attending the OpenEd Conference--just a 20 minute walk from St. Cajetan's--are welcome to join us.
Registration is free and can be found here: https://commons.libretexts.org/events/fkANaTgKV6.
Additional details and an official schedule are forthcoming.
Many thanks to our partners, MSU, for hosting! We can't wait to see you in-person in October!
LibreTexts Receives New Grant from NSF
We are thrilled to announce that our NSF proposal, Collaborative Research: Transforming STEM Education Nationwide Through Scalable Open Educational Infrastructure, Social Annotation, and Collaborative Content Improvement, has been fully funded! This project aims to serve the national interest by expanding access to high-quality, adaptable STEM learning materials through the development and large-scale deployment of Open Educational Resources (OER) and integrated social annotation technologies. This Level 2 Institutional and Community Transformation project aims to:
(1) redesign and expand the Nota Bene social annotation platform to enhance usability and accessibility for diverse STEM courses and institutions nationwide;
(2) develop and implement workflows for peer review and open pedagogy that embed continuous feedback loops into OER lifecycle management; and
(3) build and operationalize CalOPEN, a statewide hub supporting OER creation, adoption, and innovation within California’s higher education systems, serving as a replicable national model.
To read more about this exciting new project, check out the LibreTexts blog: https://libretexts.org/blog/new-nsf-proposal-funded.
Noteworthy
Since our start in 2008, the LibreTexts team has facilitated faculty collaborations across the country, helping instructors work together on building new course content while making powerful connections across institutions and disciplines. Making it easier for our community to work together and build their own communities starts here! Currently we have faculty looking to work on the following projects over the next year:
-- Introduction to Special Education for K-12 Classrooms - especially on describing how to implement best-practices in the classroom (textbook)
-- Organic Chemistry Structure-based Question Writing (using ADAPT Sketcher)
-- Voice and Video thread-based question writing for language courses (ADAPT Discuss-It)
If you are interested in any of these projects, or would you like us to look for collaborators for another OER Project, let us know by filling out our LibreTexts Academy Connections form: https://forms.gle/vAsRyJ1QzAKw1FUr5.
Is your institution part of our LibreNet consortium? If not, consider joining and become part of a growing community of OER practitioners and advocates unlike any other. More information about the numerous benefits of LibreNet membership can be found on our website.
Have you heard about our new professional development opportunities through LibreTexts Academy? From year long cohorts to asynchronous webinars, Academy has something for all of the OER advocates and practitioners in your life. Head over to our website and fill out an interest form to get started.
Don't forget about our First Friday Features held virtually the first Friday of each month. Join a member of our team at 11:30 am PST to hear all about what's new in the LibreVerse and what's coming soon. You can catch us on our regular Zoom channel: https://zoom.libretexts.org.
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