This presentation was provided by Nicole Allen of SPARC during a NISO Virtual Conference entitled Opening Up Education, held on April 19, 2017

1. Open Textbooks & Open
Educational Resources
Nicole Allen @txtbks
Director of Open Education
except where otherwise noted
see slideshare.com/txtbks

2. sparcopen.org

3. OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES

4. @txtbks | sparcopen.org
Conversation
on Campus

5. Consumer Prices 2006–2016
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Textbooks
Tuition & Fees
All Items

9. @txtbks | sparcopen.org
Where do I find
OER it and how do
I know it’s good?

10. open.umn.edu

14. oercommons.org

15. plos.org

17. gutenberg.org

18. @txtbks | sparcopen.org
How do I
adopt OER?

19. …for exmaple

23. @txtbks | sparcopen.org
How do I
create OER?

26. @txtbks | sparcopen.org
What’s Working

27. mini-grants

29. • Mini-grant program for
faculty to move to OER
• Library support to identify
or develop OER
• Faculty champions

31. library publishing

33. • Library worked with
Business school to publish
an open textbook

36. OER librarians

38. awareness efforts

39. Open Educational Resources Summit to inform,
share best practices
Several campuses are hosting networking-friendly simulcast events, and the in-person
summit includes an optional lunch session and hands-on workshop.
March 1, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s first Open Educational Resources (OER)
Summit on Wednesday, March 23, aims to educate participants University-wide about
OER, share updates from the provost-charged OER task force, showcase examples of OER
in practice, and encourage active creation of OER content at a hands-on workshop. The
summit supports the University-wide OER Task Force to support teaching and learning and
the strategic foundation of enabling access to education.

40. Open Educational Resources Summit to inform,
share best practices
Several campuses are hosting networking-friendly simulcast events, and the in-person
summit includes an optional lunch session and hands-on workshop.
March 1, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s first Open Educational Resources (OER)
Summit on Wednesday, March 23, aims to educate participants University-wide about
OER, share updates from the provost-charged OER task force, showcase examples of OER
in practice, and encourage active creation of OER content at a hands-on workshop. The
summit supports the University-wide OER Task Force to support teaching and learning and
the strategic foundation of enabling access to education.
• System-wide day long
summit on OER
• Webcast main program,
local workshops

41. • Awareness efforts that
engage members of the
campus community

43. start with the low
hanging fruit…

44. Nicole Allen
nicole@sparcopen.org
@txtbks | @sparc_na
www.sparcopen.org