Join us for any or all of the following events the week of March 3 -7:
Introduction to Open Education
Friday, March 7, 2025
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Learn how OER can save your students money and boost student success! Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching tools that can be customized by faculty and freely accessed by students. This webinar will provide an overview of OER and other affordable course materials. Participants will learn to locate and evaluate OER and to interpret re-use permissions. In addition, attendees will discover techniques and resources for modifying and creating open course content.
Register for online event: https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14207287
SCoer Award Information Session Drop In
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
9 am – 9:45 am
Drop in virtually to learn more about the 2025 SCoer Award! The SCoer award will offer two tracks:
Track One: Affordable Learning Transition
Full-time USC Columbia faculty interested in transitioning their course from the use of traditional textbooks to freely available course materials are eligible to apply for the 2025 SCoer Award – Track One.
Award: $1,000
Track Two: Affordable Learning Advocate
Full-time USC Columbia faculty currently using no-cost course materials (i.e. OER, library-licensed resources) materials are eligible to apply for the 2025 SCoer Award – Track Two.
Award: $500
Librarians are available to offer more information, provide application suggestions, and to answer all of your questions. Feel free to drop in at any time during the session. Learn more from the SCoer website.
Register for online event: https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14207495
Welcome to the LibreTexts “LibreVerse”
Monday, March 3, 2025
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Provided by LibreTexts. Join a member of the LibreTexts team as we introduce you to the LibreTexts project.
We will guide you through each component of what we refers to as the greater “LibreVerse” including: the LibreTexts repository, home to over a million pages of OER content; our state of the art Remixer that allows you to take any content in the repository and remix it into something new for your course; LibreTexts project management platform, Conductor, and Workbench tool to help keep your projects and teams organized and on track; our open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT; and much, much more.
Register for online event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81958317220?pwd=us3ivDIRW6iQAl7danFIyKxKLV6YyV.1
In the Living Room with the Open Education Network and MIT OpenCourseWare – Two Highlighted Resources
Friday, March 7, 2025
11:00 am – 12 pm EST
Provided by the Open Education Network and MIT OpenCourseWare. Join us as we talk about two open educational resources: 1) Data Analysis for Social Sciences offered by MIT OpenCourseWare and 2) Accessible Appalachia by Lisa Day and Jacob Johnson, which can be found in the Open Education Network’s Open Textbook Library.
While we will focus on just one resource each, we will highlight how these publications are a reflection of the diversity of our collections. In order to share the work of our organizations and what that looks like, we will take a brief tour of each resource, including author profiles and/or instructor priorities. We will also meet people involved in their production, and talk about how the materials evolved through the publication process. Our goals for the conversation are to celebrate and highlight two openly available resources and the people involved in creating and sharing them. Attendees will gain an introduction to the Open Education Network’s Open Textbook Library and to MIT OpenCourseWare’s course materials, and have the opportunity to discuss open educational publications with others.
Register for online event: https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/in-the-living-room/