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26 Jun 2023 Iowa OER

June 2023 Resource Highlight: Business Law, Ethics, and Sustainability

This month's blog post was contributed by Mahrya Burnett, Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa Libraries has recently published a new Pressbooks OER, Business … Continue reading June 2023 Resource Highlight: Business Law, Ethics, and Sustainability

25 May 20235 Jun 2023 Iowa OER

Webinar Summary: OER Communities of Practice

In May 2023, Iowa OER hosted a webinar featuring Anne Marie Gruber, Associate Professor of Library Services and Liaison & Textbook Equity Librarian at the University of Northern Iowa and … Continue reading Webinar Summary: OER Communities of Practice

15 May 202315 May 2023 Iowa OER

May 2023 Resource Highlight: Skills Commons and OER for Trades

This month's blog post was contributed by Rebecca S. Funke, Director of Library Resources for Des Moines Area Community College. SkillsCommons is a free and open digital library that is … Continue reading May 2023 Resource Highlight: Skills Commons and OER for Trades

18 Apr 202318 Apr 2023 Iowa OER

April 2023 Resource Highlight: H5P as a Free Curation Tool for OER Content

This month's blog post was contributed by Shannon Brenner, Instructional Designer & Adjunct Faculty at Northeast Iowa Community College. How many of your students complete their reading assignments? Even after … Continue reading April 2023 Resource Highlight: H5P as a Free Curation Tool for OER Content

27 Mar 2023 Iowa OER

March 2023 Resource Highlight: Introduction to Management Course Pack

This month’s blog post was contributed by Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian at Iowa State University. Over the past decade, more and more instructors have begun adopting … Continue reading March 2023 Resource Highlight: Introduction to Management Course Pack

16 Feb 202316 Feb 2023 Iowa OER

February 2023 Resource Highlight: Open Education Week Events

This month's blog post was contributed by Nancy Henke, Graduate Research Assistant at The University of Iowa's School of Library Information Sciences. Open Education Week (OE Week) is coming March … Continue reading February 2023 Resource Highlight: Open Education Week Events

25 Jan 202325 Jan 2023 Iowa OER

January 2023 Resource Highlight: Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies

This month's blog post was contributed by Pam Rees, Director of the Library at Grand View University. One of the Pressbook Community Favorites for 2022 is Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies, … Continue reading January 2023 Resource Highlight: Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies

17 Dec 202219 Dec 2022 Iowa OER

Webinar Summary: An Introduction to the LibreVerse

In this month’s webinar, Dr. Delmar Larsen, Professor of Chemistry at UC Davis and Director of LibreTexts, shared how users can build customized OER in a variety of disciplines using … Continue reading Webinar Summary: An Introduction to the LibreVerse

18 Nov 202214 Dec 2022 Iowa OER

November 2022 Resource Highlight: “Effective Professional Communication: A Rhetorical Approach”

The Pressbooks team recently released their list of "Our favorite Pressbooks books of 2022," which includes a variety of OER and other free online resources developed using the Pressbooks platform. … Continue reading November 2022 Resource Highlight: “Effective Professional Communication: A Rhetorical Approach”

27 Oct 20221 Nov 2022 Iowa OER

Webinar Summary: Alternative Open Ontologies – Open Education and “El Museo Indigenista”

In this month's webinar, Marco Seiferle-Valencia, Open Education Librarian at the University of Idaho, gave a talk about the ways in which we situate "Open Education" as a movement. As … Continue reading Webinar Summary: Alternative Open Ontologies – Open Education and “El Museo Indigenista”

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