Affordable Student Course MaterialsFaculty Workshop
Textbook pricing is cited as a barrier to student access and success, and the issue has garnered the attention of public policy (Vitez, 2017).
Re-Imagining the First Year (RFY) is a project aimed at ensuring success for all students, particularly those who have historically been underserved by higher education: low income, first generation, and students of color. The SHSU RFY committee will be offering a faculty workshop to help you find, adopt, and create open educational resources (OER) and reduced-cost student course materials.
Please pre-register for our Faculty Workshop on Affordable Student Course Materials.
Friday, January 26, 2018
11:20 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
LSC 320
Pre-registration is encouraged, but not mandatory. You may show up the day of the workshop and participate without prior registration.
This workshop will take place during the Digital Education Summit. For more information about #DES18, visit DigitalEducationSummit.com.
Additional Info
What to Expect
Learn about:
- OER Commons: STEM Literacy, OpenStax, OpenSUNY
- LoudCloud
- First Day Access®
- TED Talks
- KHAN Academy
- MERLOT
More about the SHSU RFY Committee
The SHSU RFY Committee consists of four ‘buckets’ or strategically-focused groups, including Curriculum, Faculty, Students, and Institutional Intentionality. The Faculty Bucket is sponsoring the faculty workshop, Access to Affordable Student Course Materials, as part of the Spring 2018 Strategic Priority: Encourage faculty adoption of OER and/or reduced cost course materials (textbooks, e-texts, etc.)
Faculty Bucket Members:
- Dr. Mary Robbins, Vice Provost, Off of the Prov and VP for Acad Aff
- Dr. Christopher Maynard, Associate Vice Provost
- Dr. Nancy Baker, Associate Professor, Dept of History
- Dr. Todd Primm, Director of PACE Center
- Dr. Brian Loft, Associate Professor, Dept of Mathematics and Statistics
- Dr. Tracy Bilsing, Associate Professor, Dept of English
- Maria Busby, Associate Registrar
- Dr. Rebecca Bustamante, Professor, Educational Leadership
- Ruth Chisum, Executive Director of SHSU Online Operations
- Dr. Tamara Cook, Professor, Biological Sciences
- Dr. Jennifer Didier, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology
- Debbi Hatton, Instructor, Dept of Mass Communication
- Tess Johnson, Dir of CJ ELearning, COCJ Marketing & Advertising
- Dr. John Jordan, Dir Academic Support Programs, SAM Center
- Dr. Steven Koether, Foundations Science Lab Coord, COSET Office of the Dean
- Hop Luu
- Dr. Robert Maninger, Associate Professor, Dept of Curriculum and Instruction
- Dr. Audrey Murfin, Assistant Professor, Dept of English
- Dr. Carroll Nardone, Associate Professor, Dept of English
- Susanna Shupp, Dev Integ Rdg Wrtng Coord, Academic Success Center
- Dr. Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Assistant Professor 9 Mo, Dept of Chemistry
- Dr. Braeden Whitecotton
- Dr. Darren Williams, Professor, Dept of Chemistry
What are Open Educational Resources?
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them.