I spoke to Lucy May, Scholarly Communications Librarian (@UoMLib_Lucy), and Helen Dobson, Scholarly Communications Manager (@h_j_dobson), based at The University of Manchester, about open access publishing at the University and the interest they’d received from students in self-publishing journals. The University of Manchester Library has explored its relation to publishing over the past few years… Read more
This post was originally published on OpenStax.org on May 1, 2018. How one university is using OER to address a STEM teacher shortage Higher education is expensive. College fees, accommodations, and travel costs impose mounting pressures on today’s students. The increasing cost of many of today’s university textbooks can sometimes be the straw that breaks the… Read more
“We don’t want to have somebody who could be a fantastic teacher [and] didn’t really get there because they didn’t have access to the materials to develop their subject knowledge.” Andy Fraser is a senior lecturer in the Education School at the University of Sunderland. With a specialism in science and maths pedagogy, Andy focuses… Read more
Since 2013, Kortext have worked with institutions and publishers around the world to amass a collection of e-textbooks and resources for learners. Kortext also provides a range of learning analytics to help lecturers, librarians and administrative staff gain insight into learning trends and help to understand how students are using these materials. Kortext are now… Read more
Robin Freeburn is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Science and Sports, The University of the West of Scotland (UWS). Teaching across all levels of the Biomedical Science and Bioscience degrees both Robin and some of his colleagues use OpenStax materials as part of their first and second year teaching. The module Cells and… Read more
This blog post was originally developed and authored by Beck Pitt as part of the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland project. It was first published on 26 January 2017 (see original post) Greg Singh is Programme Director of Digital Media at The University of Stirling and a lecturer in media and communication. The Digital Media programme… Read more
Stephen Murphy, Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Digital Technology at Birmingham City University uses a range of openly licensed materials for his teaching, including open textbooks. Steve has been “heavily involved” in open source initiatives for the past 15 years and current involvement includes developing examinations for Linux with the Linux Professional… Read more
