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Category: Open Education News

More Dynamic Leadership Library Makes Its Debut

Posted January 28, 2025

With help from JMU Libraries, faculty and students in JMU’s School of Strategic Leadership Studies have made their popular Leadership Instruments Library (LIL) more accessible to scholars across the globe using an open publishing platform called Pressbooks.

Facing the High Cost of Textbooks (from JMU’s “Being the Change” podcast)

Posted January 27, 2025

Librarian Liz Thompson and Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Malika Carter-Hoyt discuss how Open Education Resources in the JMU Libraries are helping students find alternatives to paying the high price of some textbooks and course materials. 

Calling All Podcast Listeners 

Posted January 27, 2025

Have you discovered JMU’s new podcast, Being the Change? It features interviews with members of the JMU community that take place right in our Audio Recording room in Rose Library!  Today, we’re excited to share four episodes that highlight projects […]

Create Your Own Open Course Materials

Posted January 27, 2025

JMU faculty and staff, are you searching for a platform to publish an open textbook, white paper, technical report, or open-access book?   We have two ways to help you get started using Pressbooks, an ideal tool for creating openly-licensed teaching, […]

Faculty: Are You Using Open Textbooks?

Posted January 17, 2025

If so, please fill out this survey to let us know! We’d love to hear about the open textbooks or open course materials you are using, even if your course also requires some textbooks that cost money. The survey is […]

Faculty Deadline to Mark Your Course as No/Low Cost

Posted January 16, 2025

This is a friendly reminder that if your course materials total $40 or less at the JMU Bookstore, you need to alert the relevant staff in your department when you submit your other course information so they can add this […]

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Staff Reminder to Mark No/Low-Cost Courses in Course Scheduler

Posted January 16, 2025

This is a friendly reminder for staff who are responsible for entering classes in Course Scheduler. Please make sure that any courses with textbooks costing less than $40 at the JMU Bookstore are marked as No/Low-Cost so that students can […]

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Create Open Course Materials: A Workshop for JMU Faculty

Posted January 10, 2025

Looking for a way to publish a textbook, open access book, white paper, or technical report? Join this virtual workshop to learn about Pressbooks, which is ideal for publishing openly licensed teaching, learning, and scholarship materials as an e-book. Pressbooks also allows […]

Faculty: Apply for a Grant to Transition to Open Textbooks & Course Materials

Posted January 8, 2025

Are you concerned about the high cost of course materials for your students? Consider applying for a grant of $5,000 to $50,000 to help reduce the costs of higher education for Virginia students by eliminating the costs of textbooks and […]

Get Started Using Open Textbooks: Self-Paced Workshop for JMU Faculty ($200 Stipend)

Posted January 6, 2025

Textbooks can be expensive. Open textbooks can help alleviate the burden of textbook costs for students. They also allow you to tailor course materials to achieve specific learning outcomes. Apply by February 7 to join the Spring 2025 edition of […]