Who says science faculty can't appreciate pop culture? Check out LibreTexts team member Larry Green, and Executive Director Delmar Larsen celebrating May the Fourth with an OER twist.
Our tech team is hard at work making the LibreTexts user experience even more dynamic. Check out this new blog post and find out how engineering students at the University of California, Davis are hard at work creating Linux servers for JupyterHub.
Happy Friday, OER and OpenEd advocates! Today's installment in the Getting to Know the LibreTexts team is brought to you by Larry Green, Statistics and Mathematics faculty at Lake Tahoe Community College. In his own words:
We are excited to integrate Vera Kennedy's Sociology text, Beyond Race - Cultural Influences on Human Social Life into the Social Sciences library.
LibreTexts has partnered with Edfinity to provide open, affordable homework and testing solutions to accompany the wide range of instructional resources available on the LibreTexts platform.
Today we are highlighting Lead Analyst for the Center for Educational Effectiveness at the University of California, Davis, Meryl Motika. In her own words:
The Affordable College Textbook Act behind the $5 million grant LibreTexts received in fall of 2018 has been reintroduced in Congress by Senators Dick Drubin (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Angus King (I-ME), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO). Aimed at reducing the increasing cost of textbooks for students, the bill aims to promote and spread the use of open educational resources (OER). For more information, visit SPARC's Policy & Advocacy website.
Greetings OER and OpenEd advocates! The LibreTexts team is thrilled to announce that print copies of LibreTexts resources are now available! A typical 500 page book can be printed and bound in softcover for only $12; a hardbound copy printed in color can be obtained for $35. All cost is dedicated to printing the resource; LibreTexts does not generate a profit from print copies. Visit our new download center to get started!