Open Textbooks Quick Start: A short introduction to Open Textbooks

Open Textbooks are ebooks that have been made available online free of charge, under open licence to enable free reuse, repurposing and sharing.  Open textbooks can benefit the university by reducing textbook costs, benefit staff by providing access to easily customisable open books, and benefit students by providing free, high quality digital learning materials.

In this session we’ll provide a short 30 minute introduction to Open Textbooks, what they are, how they can be used, and where to find them. We’ll also take a brief look at the University’s own open ebook press Edinburgh Diamond.

Learning Outcomes:

This session will introduce participants to:

• A brief history of Open Textbooks
• How to find and use Open Textbooks
• How Open Textbooks are being created and used at the University

This session will be run by Stephanie (Charlie) Farley. Charlie is our Open Educational Resources (OER) Advisor for Educational Design and Engagement. She provides training and workshops for the OER service.

For more information about the Open.Ed service, visit our site pages at http://open-ed-migration.is.ed.ac.uk

Pre-Requisites:

There are no pre-requisites required for attending this course.

Delivery:

This will be delivered solely online via Collaborate.  Attendee’s should make themselves aware of the best practise advice from Collaborate before joining the session: Collaborate Session Best Practices.

Bookings for Staff via People & Money.