Join Mr. Paul Seeburger, Professor of Mathematics at Monroe Community College, for Creating and Adapting OER Textbooks for Math Courses Using the LibreTexts Platform. This course will be held virtually Tuesday, July 6, 2:30 - 4:30 ET, and Thursday, July 8, 2:30 - 4:30 ET. Registration is $15 for MAA members and $25 for non-members, and can be found here.
Please note registration is now closed. Recordings will be available on the LibreTexts YouTube channel shortly after the workshop has concluded.
LibreTexts will host the next LibreFest virtually from July 19-23, 2021.
Professor Larry Green from Lake Tahoe Community College is no stranger to OER. He believes in taking full advantage of any opportunity to create textbooks of the future for his courses by utilizing technologies that didn’t exist when the “traditional” textbook was invented decades ago by using videos, visualizations, and games to create more engaging and interactive content for his students.
Due to overwhelming response, if you're planning to attend the May 25 LibreFest, hosted virtually in conjunction with Hope College, please register by Friday, April 30. The event is free but registration is required and can be completed here. You will also need to create an account which can be done using our simple online form.
LibreTexts, in conjunction with Hope College, will host the next LibreFest virtually on May 25, 2021.
LibreFest is free to attend but registration is required and available here.
Join the LibreTexts team next week, March 1-5, for a new series of webinars and faculty conversations in celebration of Open Education Week. A full schedule of events is listed below.
Monday, March 1st: 9:30-10:30 (PST): Delmar Larsen
Dr. Pamela Scheffler is an ecologist by trade. She is also a professor of Geography, Biology, and Environmental Science, as well as Tropical Ecosystem and Agroforestry Management (TEAM) at Hawaii Community College.
PGCC and the LibreTexts Development team members will host an online workshop to help new users of LibreTexts incorporate the Open Education Resource (OER) platform in their courses. This workshop will have two tracks: one focusing on new OER users, and one for those who are trying to build upon their existing OER experience.
Whatever the reason for your interest, this three-hour workshop will give you a chance learn about LibreTexts in time to use it in one or more of your courses this spring.
In these hands-on workshops you will:
Laura Wiliamson Ambrose is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Humanistic Studies at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana. She learned about LibreTexts from a colleague in the Chemistry department as they worked to enhance the research culture on Saint Mary’s campus. Dr.
Dr. Karsten Theis is a professor of Chemistry at Westfield State University in Massachusetts. Dr. Theis discovered LibreTexts in 2017 after he adopted the OpenStax Chemistry textbook and was looking for an easy way for students to access portions of the text without having to download the entire book.