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Open Education Week 2017 @ UHM Events Announced

We are proud to offer events on campus at UHM this year in celebration of Open Education Week 2017!

This year’s program will include presentations on a number of topics:

  • Student cost savings with Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property in the digital age
  • Free OER textbook adoption and publishing tools
  • UHM’s OER grant program

To RSVP for all sessions, go to: http://go.hawaii.edu/WSj

All are welcome to join us for a lunch-time demo of the OER Commons repository and authoring tools. Lunch provided! Location: Hamilton Library room 301 @ 11:30am.

Students are invited to join us for free pizza and a conversation about students and lowering textbook costs with Roxie Kamoshida, ASUH President. Location: Hamilton Library 301 @ 12:15pm.

This event is being is sponsored by the Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative of the UHM Outreach College, the UHM Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), Associated Students of the University of Hawaii (ASUH) and UHM Libraries.

For additional information including a full schedule, see: http://oer.hawaii.edu/open-education-week-2017

Posted by Billy Meinke