It's publication day for UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS. Across 27 sharp essays, the book offers a critical account of the political economy of US higher education, how it came to be structured this way, and how together we might build a better university together.

I have both participated in and taught the Certificate in Open Pedagogy with the OEN and can attest to its usefulness! I especially appreciate the focus on building partnerships that can continue after the program. If you're curious about these opportunities, please check them out!

Navigating Open Research: A Guide for Early Career Researchers. Great work from the CONUL Research Group. Free to download zenodo.org/records/1702... #irishResearch #openResearch

new site from ex-polygon folks just launched. hell yeah

Opened the homepage and was immediately excited to see Pat's Labor, a podcast about Patlabor and Labor feat. Pat! www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...

Finally, we recently published a new Introductory Biology Lab Manual from two of our faculty here at Iowa State! The Biology Laboratory Manual is optimized for printing in PDF but also available in an online format via Pressbooks: doi.org/10.31274/isu...

Second on our list of newly published #OpenTextbooks is Fashion and Apparel Consumer Behavior. Adapted from an introductory consumer behavior textbook, this book provides students with an in-depth look at how consumer behavior relates to fashion & dress: doi.org/10.31274/isu...

I'm happy to share some newly published #OER from the ISU Digital Press! First up is the 2nd edition of one of our most popular books, Introduction to Soil Science! The new edition welcomes a new author, @rivkafidel.bsky.social along with several improvements & updates:
doi.org/10.31274/isu...

Looks great! Looking forward to the TOC drop (and then the actual book)!

I'd guess that's because the option to prioritize or highlight comments/questions is built into the premium webinar license, and they want people to opt for that over improving the base chat tool?

2 announcements in one week? That's right! Not only is the CFP for our 2025 Communities of Practice live, we've also just posted the official announcement for the winners of the 2025 Iowa #OER Awards!
Learn more about the winners and their work with open education at iowaoer.com/iowa-oer-awa...

​​CommonsDB: A Foundation for Transparent Digital Rights Information https://www.commonsdb.org/blog/commonsdb-a-foundation-for-transparent-digital-rights-information/

Compassionate Assessment Practice Sharing Symposium, 11 September 2025
 
We are pleased to announce that the Compassionate Assessment Network is hosting an online symposium. We warmly invite educators, researchers, policymakers and administrators to join us. Call out for submission details here:

Open infrastructures are under growing pressure — from shrinking public budgets to turbulent policy shifts. IOI’s 2025 State of Open Infrastructure report explores provides tangible action points on how funders, providers & adopters can respond. Read the report : investinopen.org/state-of-ope...

Have you heard? We've just opened the call for participants for our annual OER Communities of Practice! Apply now through Sept 12 to participate! Instructors in the fields of Psychology, Teacher Education, and Agriculture/Environmental Science are encouraged to apply.
iowaoer.com/oer-communit...

Formal Logic and Mathematical Reasoning, both for the same reason: as someone who stopped connecting with math in high school, I was dreading doing more of it in college. But approaching math as problem-solving and puzzles rather than memorized formulae made the how/what/why of math stick for me

This is Dr. Melanie Lenahan. She is a biology professor.

She organized a #RIOSLearningCommunity (with Dr. Drew Lewis) that explored alternative grading practices. This is what she said about it. #LetsLearnTogether

This webinar was a great time! For those who missed it, the recording, slides, and some of the awesome materials shared during the meeting will be up on the opened.org website soon! #oer

These findings hold significant implications for policy and practice and as post-secondary institutions strive to widen equitable access and better support both pedagogical innovation and student success, the adoption and expansion of ZTC initiatives should be considered a strategic priority.

I am excited to share my latest publication, co-authored with Oya Pakkal and Xiaoyang Xia, on the multi-year impact of Canada's first Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) degree programs, at my former institution Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

#OER #OpenEducation #OEP #ZTC

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I've been quiet here lately, but know that the work doesn't stop just because the posting pauses. I hope you all are doing well and working toward the future you care to create, whether you can share it or not!

Live from our workshop🔵

Learning more about the aims and ethos of the @openbookcollective.bsky.social with @kirahopkins.bsky.social and @kjsanders.bsky.social 👇

#OpenScience #OpenAccess #DiamondOA #ScholComm

archivists: we have no help maintaining the overwhelming pile of digital projects that were funded by one-time grants and have extensive recurring resource costs, this is a huge problem for literally every discipline

venture capitalists: would you like a sexy robot Amelia Bedelia that doesn't work

New publication: Farrow, R. (2025). Cosmopolitics and The Commons. Education Ouverte Et Libre - Open Education, (3). doi.org/10.52612/jou...

This paper explore the social and political commitments of open education, arguing for a cosmopolitical relignment of the project of open education.