Open Education Network

Don't miss this Gettin' Air podcast with Terry Greene @greeneterry@social.coop and guests David Ernst and Robin DeRosa @actualham@social.coop. The conversation offers so much insight into the OEN's amazing community, our guiding principles, and our awesome leaders - past and present! 🤩

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-open-education-network-with-robin-derosa-and-david-ernst--70608711

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What an amazing #OEWeek26! It's Friday vibes as we share an open resource biggie: the Open Textbook Library.

Our continually growing collection of nearly 1,800 open textbooks is licensed by authors & publishers so you can download, edit, & distribute your selections at no cost. Visit the Open Textbook Library to see what open can do. 🤩

Open Textbook Library: https://z.umn.edu/7274

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It’s Thursday at #OEWeek26, & we’re excited to introduce our Pub101 for Authors curriculum - an openly licensed, asynchronous complement to our new online cohort.

Are you an author? An instructor or faculty member who’d like to create an open textbook? Take a step toward realizing your goals with this free, self-paced curriculum designed to help you build a solid publishing foundation.

Pub101 for Authors Curriculum: https://z.umn.edu/b4f5

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📣 Can’t wait to share today’s open resource: OEN's Open Pedagogy Portal. Take a minute to browse the Portal’s case studies/renewable assignments and student work product by discipline, search by keywords, or find teaching and learning resources to transform learning into a more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable experience.

Open Pedagogy Portal: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/oen-openpedportal/home

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Pub101 for Authors is a new OEN program supporting open textbook authors. An open curriculum & weekly synchronous sessions explore topics including Accessibility, Project Mgmt, AI Considerations, & more.

“We gathered a lot of input about what authors would ideally take away from the experience,” says Karen Lauritsen, OEN senior director, publishing, "and as always, people were generous with their time and ideas about how to support OER creation.”

OEN blog: https://z.umn.edu/b4fe
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It’s OEN “Two-fer Tuesday” at #OEWeek26! 👏

➡️ Our first share of the day: the OEN Community Conversations playlist on YouTube.

Take your open ed strategies to the next level with insight from the OEN community. You'll gain key takeaways from these convos on:
- Marketing & Promoting OER
- Digital Accessibility Best Practices
- Maintaining Momentum with Faculty
- Gathering OER Usage Data, and much more.

OEN Community Conversation Playlist: https: https://z.umn.edu/b4ar

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OEN members, join our March Community Conversation to hear how fellow members have incorporated student voices into their open ed work and projects. You’ll walk away with great ideas 💡 for engaging students on your campus!

OEN Community Conversation: Engaging Students with Open Education
March 6, 11am – 12pm CT

Register at the OEN Community Hub: https://z.umn.edu/b47o

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📣 Welcome to #OEWeek26! Each day this week, we’re sharing great open resources from the OEN community.

Let’s kick it off with the new Guide to Open Textbook Essential and Exemplary Features, designed to enrich your understanding of OER textbook components and help you develop informed evaluation criteria.

Have a look: https://manifold.open.umn.edu/projects/a-guide-to-open-textbook-essential-and-exemplary-features

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We’re excited to announce that Robin DeRosa @actualham@social.coop has been named executive director of the Open Education Network (OEN), effective February 18. Please join us in welcoming Robin to the OEN community!

“I could not be more excited to join the OEN,” Robin says. “I have been inspired for a long time by ... the community-based way the OEN engages in its efforts to advance the public good. I am deeply honored to be trusted with this role.”

OEN blog: https://z.umn.edu/b31o

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OEN members, you’re invited to our upcoming OEN Community Conversation, where we'll get an update on OEN's collaboration with our UK members to support the establishment of an OER Community of Practice for the UK & Ireland.

David Beales of Brunel University of London will share how the regional community came to be, what they've accomplished so far, and where they're headed in the year to come.

Feb 19, 11-11:55 am CT

Register at the Community Hub Events Calendar: https://z.umn.edu/b2ro

Last month’s OEN Community Conversation focused on scholarly connections & collaboration opportunities through the OEN Scholarship Matchmaking Spreadsheet. The video recording is ready!

Hear guest speakers Liz Thompson & Liza Long share collaborative outcomes from this document, along with attendees’ input on potential topics for collaboration.

Interested in scholarly collaboration? Catch the video - OEN January Community Conversation: Let’s Collaborate! https://z.umn.edu/b24r

Evaluating quality in open textbooks can put you on a subjective, slippery slope.

Find your footing w/ the Guide to Open Textbook Essential and Exemplary Features, a new open resource from the OEN.

“This guide was created, in part, to help [faculty] understand what components a quality OER textbook should have,” says author Stefanie Buck, “and also to help those of us who work with OER authors to set expectations, so that the outcome is the best work we can publish.”

https://z.umn.edu/b1w9

Our friends and collaborators at the Library Publishing Coalition have announced a special offer on LPC membership for 2026-2027. Learn more about the LPC community and how your membership can jump-start and enhance your open education library publishing initiatives.

Details: https://z.umn.edu/b11s.
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OEN members, interested in finding a collaborator to help w/ your research project, conference presentation or idea? Would you like to offer your expertise or present at another institution?

Don’t miss our January Community Conversation, where you’ll find inroads to connect w/ fellow members who share your interest in working together to realize open education goals.

OEN Community Conversation: Let’s Collaborate!
11am -11:50am CT, Jan 23

Register at the Community Hub: https://z.umn.edu/b0fy