Open Education Week 2024
Schedule of Events: March 4-8, 2024
Open Textbook workshop
Monday, March 4, 12-1pm, Central Library 109 and Virtual
Open textbooks can alleviate the burden of educational costs for students and provide faculty with content that can be customized for their courses. Open textbooks are full, real textbooks, used by many faculty across the country, including here at UTA. They are licensed to be freely used, edited, and distributed. Many are also accompanied by customizable slides, test banks, and other supplemental materials.
Attend an open textbook workshop to discover open textbooks in your field. After the workshop, you’ll be asked to write a short review of an open textbook from the Open Textbook Library. Your review will benefit other faculty considering open textbooks, and you’ll receive a $200 stipend for your participation and written review.
Everyone is welcome to attend the workshop, but only university employees classified as faculty are eligible to receive a stipend.
An RSVP is recommended to attend this event. This will be a hybrid session, and lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
This Is My OER
Tuesday, March 5, 2-3pm, Central Library 109
Many students are not aware that OER exist, and this has caused students to miss out on potential opportunities and benefits they could obtain and use in their academic journey. Therefore, this event is established and designed to attract students to learn and grow in the knowledge of OER that will hopefully enhance their college experience.
This is a drop-in session for student attendees with presentations starting every 15 minutes. Prizes will be available for the first 25 students, and snacks will be provided.
OER at UTA: Lessons and Directions
Wednesday, March 6, 10-11am, Central Library 315A and Virtual
Discover the transformative journey of Open Educational Resources (OER) at the University of Texas at Arlington in our engaging hybrid event. Since 2017, our OER department has grown from a single visionary to a pioneering team, publishing 26 OERs and championing the integration of open resources in education.
This concise presentation will share insights into our growth, challenges, and triumphs using both data and stories from our community. We aim to inspire and inform educators, librarians, and anyone interested in the open education movement with lessons learned and strategies for success.
Join us to explore how UTA is shaping the future of education through openness, collaboration, and innovation.
OE Week
Open Education Week was launched in 2012 by Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum. Every year OE Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide.