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Minitex News articles tagged with "OER" (19):

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Minitex’s consortial Open Education Network membership benefits all Minnesota academic libraries

Interested in learning more about the Open Education Network? Minnesota academic libraries qualify for automatic benefits and deep discounts as part of Minitex’s consortial membership in the OEN.
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OER and Affordable Content in MN: Join the Community!

There are some exciting new developments for Minnesota librarians working on Open Education and Affordable Content advocacy efforts. Join the Group!
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MN Open Educational Resources and Affordable Content Community of Practice Meeting: November 2, 3PM

Discuss with librarian colleagues how to support no-cost classes with library resources. We will share concerns and best practices as we create a community to support efforts to make our institutions more affordable.
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Survey aims to assess Minnesota's current OER and Affordable Content initiatives

Staff from MnPALS, the University of St. Thomas, and Minitex are collaborating to address the need for Open Educational Resources (OER) and Affordable Content in Minnesota. To set a foundation for their work, they are conducting a survey of efforts already underway in Minnesota. They request that you complete their survey by Friday, August 26.
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Featured upcoming webinar: Introduction to Open Pedagogy

You are already familiar with OER and Creative Commons and you enjoy searching for and reusing open works. In this workshop, offered by our friends in the SELFIN consortia, we’ll explain how truly “open” works need more than just a Creative Commons license!
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Next week is Open Education Week

Curious about Open Educational Resources? Whether you are new to OER or actively participating in the OER movement, there is always more to do and learn. Check out OE Global's OE Week (March 7-11) events to get the basics, gather ideas, and learn more about the expanding and exciting world of OER.

Open-Licensed Global Storybooks: From Arabic to Zulu

Aside from the global language content available in Ebooks Minnesota (Ojibwe, Spanish, Karen, French, Chinese, German, Somali), it was brought to my attention that we have access to a large collection

PressbooksEDU webinar: November 14 at 1pm

Curious about Pressbooks for academic use cases such as open educational resources? Thursday, November 14, you can catch Pressbooks’ Liz Mays as she demonstrates the features of PressbooksEDU in a free, live webinar.

OER textbooks in Ebooks Minnesota

Did you know that aside from two-hundred seventy titles from Knowledge Unlatched, there are hundreds of OER scholarly resources and open textbooks in