Open Education Week 2021
The UWM Libraries Finding OER in the Disciplines series is featured resource in the 2021 OE Week Library. These guides model finding and adapting discipline related materials in OER repositories including (MOM) Mason Metafinder and Oasis. Proper attribution steps of OER Materials are included. Check out our General Science, Performing Arts, and Humanities libguide pages for individual videos and information regarding discipline specific resources. Additionally you can check out all of our videos on the Finding OER in the Disciplines YouTube playlist.
UWM ALA Student Chapter OER Coffee Hour
Join us Tuesday March 2, 2021 at 1pm for the inaugural UWM ALA Chapter OER Coffee Hour. This session will include a presntation and discussion on OERs and librarianship.
Additional Resources:
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Open Education WeekThe home page for Open Education week 2021. Including newly published activites, events, and library of resources for all things Open Education.
Professional Development Opportunties:
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Texas Learn OERA free open introductory course on Open Education Resources.
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SPARCSPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) is global coalition commited to making "Open" the default for research and eduation. This is an excellent resource for professional opportunties and training in OERs.
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OER CommonsOER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum. Additionally OER Commons also opportunties for professional learning and training.
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Open Education ConferenceThe website for the annual Open Education Conference. Additionally, recordings from the 2020 Open Education Conference are available here.
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Open Educational Resources at UWM with Kristin WoodwardOpen with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion, UWM Librarians and Scholarly Communication Team members Kristin Woodward and Ann Hanlon answered some questions about OA at UWM.
Open Textbooks and OER Impact 2020
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PDF Version of PresentationPDF version of the Open Textbook and OER Project Update for 2020
Featured Courses Using Open Textbooks at UWM
Psychology 101
This course has used an open textbook for 16 semesters.
- Open Textbook used: OpenStax Psychology
- 9,500 students
- Replaced $170 textbook
- Totals student savings of $1,615,00
Astronomy 103
This course has used an open textbook for 6 semesters in all sections.
- Open Textbook: OpenStax Astronomy
- 2,100 Students
- Replaced $77 textbook
- Totals student savings of $161,700
Astronomy 185
This course has used an open textbook for 3 semesters.
- Open Textbook: Survey of Astronomy
- 64 Students
- Replaced $77 textbook
- Totals student savings $4,928
Communication 103
This course has used an open textbook for 8 semesters in some sections.
- Stand up, Speak out is a remix of an already existing open textbook, written and edited by UWM communication faculty
- 2,466, students
- Replaced $66 textbook
- Textbook Totals student saving of $133,976
Philosophy 111
This course has used an open textbook for 9 semesters
- Open Textbook written by UWM Faculty: Fundamental Methods of Logic
- 750 students
- Replaced $40 textbook
- Total Savings of $30,000
Art History 101
This course has used open access materials for 4 semesters.
- This course will be using a collection of open access materials including readings and images
- 800 students
- Replaced $250 Textbook
- Totals student savings of $200,000
Art History 102
This course has used open access materials for 4 semesters.
- This course will be using a collection of open access materials including readings and images
- 775 students
- Replaced $174 Textbook
- Totals student savings of $134,850
Educational Psychology 110 and 279
This course has used an open textbook for 2 semesters.
- Open Textbook that will be used: College Success
- 500 students
- Replaced $124 textbook
- Totals student savings of $62,000
Biomedical Sciences 245
This course has used an open textbook for 4 semesters
- Open Textbook: Introduction to Sociology 2e
- 600 students
- Replaced $81 textbook
- Total Savings of $48,600
Open Education at UWM
Results of the Open Textbook and Open Educational Resource Adoption Project since 2016