Chancellor Brian King of Sacramento City College gave a shout out to LibreTexts in the college’s Fall 2019 convocation. Holding a print version of an Oragnic Chemistry LibreText curated by Sac City faculty Dianne Bennet, Chancellor King received an audible gasp from the audience when he told them the book Read more…
Hello, LibreTexts followers! It’s that time of the week again. This week, get to know Philip J. Reid, a member of the LibreTexts general advisory board. Philip J. Reid received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Puget Sound, his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California, Read more…
Greetings, Open Ed and OER advocates! This week in our “Getting to Know” the LibreTexts team series we’d like to introduce you to Kate Graham. Professor Kate Graham, Ph.D. (College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John’s University) Graham helped develop the unique chemistry curriculum at CSB/SJU and has been a co-author Read more…
Greetings, Open Ed advocates! As we gear up for the start of a new school year, here at LibreTexts we are starting up our “getting to know the team” series again. First up, Layne Morsch, Associate Professor of Chemistry at University of Illinois, Springfield. Dr. Layne Morsch received his Ph. Read more…
A group of 30 faculty in myriad disciplines from across the Contra Costa Community College District (4CD) came together June 4 to create, curate and implement open educational resources in their classes. The five-hour OER Hackathon, sponsored by the LibreTexts OER US Department of Education grant, enabled instructors and librarians Read more…
Greeting, LibreTexts fans and followers! The LibreTexts project is growing exponentially thanks to OER and open ed advocates across the country. Have you been following our progress from the sidelines but are ready to learn more? Would you like to learn how to create or remix your own OER on Read more…
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: I began creating OER for mathematics in 1995, before the terms “OER” or even Read more…
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. Edfinity is a modern, affordable homework and testing platform for high school and collegiate STEM courses supported by the NSF. Their platform provides ready-to-go OER Read more…
Today we are highlighting Lead Analyst for the Center for Educational Effectiveness at the University of California, Davis, Meryl Motika. In her own words: I’ve been involved in program evaluation since studying Public Policy Analysis as an undergraduate. Along the way I’ve worked for a nonprofit intermediary in Oakland and Read more…
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 Read more…