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Beyond Open Connections: Leveraging Information Literacy to Increase Impact of Open Education
(Open Education Global Conference, 2018)
For over a century, academic librarians in the United States have provided instruction designed to help patrons effectively navigate and use the resources and services provided by the library. Today we refer to this type ...
Creating Learning Opportunities in Open Education: An Exploration of the Intersections of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication
(Pacific University Press, 2018)
Since publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries white paper on the intersections of scholarly communication and information literacy in 2013, a growing number of projects and programs embodying ...
Experiential Learning and Open Education: Partnering with Students to Evaluate OER Accessibility
(Pacific University Press, 2018)
This chapter focuses on an open textbook evaluation project undertaken by the Open Education Librarian and a student intern at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). UTA offers a Minor in Disability Studies, an ...
Straw Men vs. Good Points: Understanding the Arguments for Inclusive Access Models
(The 15th Annual Open Education Conference, 2018-10-12)
As the instructional content industry shifts towards rentals and subscription models for textbooks, commercial publishers have refined their marketing pitches aimed at faculty -- sometimes by co-opting arguments in support ...
Accessibility Statement
(2018)
UTA Libraries believe education needs to be available to everyone, which means supporting the creation of free, open, and accessible educational resources. We are actively committed to increasing the accessibility and ...
Sticker Shock
(2018-03)
Volunteer student team planned and implemented Open Education Week 2018 activities at UTA, including creating a Sticker Shock campaign with stickers directing students to a guide with information about open educational ...