Universal Access
Through a partnership with the Open Textbook Library and the VIVA Academic Library Consortium, the University Libraries at Virginia Tech are pleased to offer the opportunity for VT faculty to attend an Open Textbook Adoption Workshop and receive $200 for a written review of an open textbook. The workshops are offered monthly. Register here. PDN credit will be available by registering here. Contact Anita Walz with questions.
The workshop covers:
Discussion of what you like / don’t like about current course materials
Course material impacts on students
What we mean (and don't mean) by "open"
Creative Commons licenses
VT's Guidelines on Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Textbooks
An invitation to write a short review of an open textbook (and get $200)*
*The review stipend requires workshop attendance and completion of a written review of an open textbook from the Open Textbook Library within six weeks after the session. Funding is coordinated and provided by VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia). Open textbooks may be selected from among the 1,600+ books in the Open Textbook Library. Virginia Tech faculty are welcome to contact Anita Walz for additional information.
