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LibreTexts and OpenRN Partner on New Project to Expand ADAPT for Nursing Students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Rogers, LibreTexts Outreach Coordinator Email: jrogers@libretexts.org LibreTexts Project Announces Partnership with Open RN/Next Gen RN Project Partnership utilizes a customized instance of LibreTexts open homework system, ADAPT, so faculty can create formative, openly licensed assessments for nursing students [DAVIS, CA, March 6, 2023] “The LibreTexts Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 2 weeks2 weeks ago

Feature Announcement

LibreTexts Announces New Grant to Expand ADAPT

The LibreTexts team is excited to announce that we have been awarded $4 million over the next four years from the California Education Learning Lab (CELL) to significantly scale up ADAPT, the open homework and learning system built to complement the texts in our libraries and enhance the utility of the greater LibreVerse. This Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 3 weeks3 weeks ago

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LibreTexts Announces New OpenEd Week 2023 Schedule of Events

Join the LibreTexts team as we host a new series of webinars for OpenEd Week, March 6-10, 2023. All sessions will be synchronous and recorded for later viewing on our YouTube channel. Registration is not required. Account creation in one or more LibreTexts Libraries is strongly encouraged prior to some sessions as Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 2 months1 week ago

Happy New Year from The LibreTexts Team

In 2022 the LibreTexts project grew to include new technologies like our Commons&Conductor catalog and project management system, our H5P studio, LibreStudio, and the official launch of our open homework and assessment system, ADAPT. Collectively, the technologies that make up the larger LibreVerse reached over half a billion page views Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 2 months3 weeks ago

Feature Announcement

LibreTexts Adds Virtual ADAPT Workshop on December 9

Due to ever increasing interest in LibreTexts open homework and assessment system, ADAPT, the LibreTexts team has added a virtual ADAPT workshop on December 9, 2022 from 9-3 PST. We will demonstrate how instructors on any campus can use ADAPT to augment existing and newly constructed OER textbooks with summative Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 4 months3 months ago

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LibreTexts Announces New ADAPT Workshops with the ASCCC OERI

The LibreTexts team is happy to announce four new, in-person workshops co-sponsored by the ASCCC OERI. These workshops will showcase LibreTexts’ ADAPT and LibreStudio platforms sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL) as free homework assessment platforms for all California instructors and students. We will demonstrate how instructors can Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 5 months3 months ago

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Checking in with LibreTexts Accessibility Checker

Are you an instructor charged with putting together a textbook? You have resources available to help, especially with the LibreTexts remixer, but you’re reminded that it has to be accessible. You may not be familiar with accessibility integrations and inquire “What resources are available within LibreTexts to help with accessibility?” Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 6 months6 months ago

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LibreTexts and Learnful Announce Partnership to Promote Open Source Technologies for OER

September 13, 2022 – Davis, California US & Waterloo Ontario Canada. LibreTexts (libretexts.org) and Learnful (learnful.io) have committed to coordinate their activities to design, develop, and promote open source technologies for open education. The two organizations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support their intention to work collaboratively Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 6 months6 months ago

Feature Announcement

LibreTexts to Hold Special October LibreFest

Greetings, OpenEd advocates! The LibreTexts team is happy to announce a special virtual fall LibreFest workshop to be held over two half days on October 10-11, 2022. Learn how to construct, edit, and remix content on the LibreTexts platform. You’ll also get an in-depth look at our open homework system, Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 6 months5 months ago

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LibreTexts to Present Workshop at BCCE Next Week

LibreTexts (formly ChemWiki) currently benefits over 60 million students per year and is the most visited chemistry website in the world. Central to our success is the construction and adoption of faculty specific and freely accessible course and instructor designed “LibreTexts” that substitute for costly conventional textbooks in post-secondary courses. Read more…

By Jennifer Rogers, 8 months8 months ago