As promised, since the first release if Rebus Projects in mid-May, we’ve been continuing to work hard on it and it’s time for an update! Listed here are the new features and other changes that will be released this week. We’ll be sharing these changelogs with every new release so you can keep track ofKeep reading “Rebus Projects v1.1 Changelog”
Rebus Community Blog
Rebus Community Projects: Beta Invitation
If you’re interested in using the Rebus Community collaboration software for your Open Textbook or OER project, now’s your chance! Fill out our application form to register your project. On May 16, we will launch the Rebus Community Projects platform – a custom-built project management tool for collaboration on Open Educational Resources (OER) publishing projectsKeep reading “Rebus Community Projects: Beta Invitation”
Office Hours: Launch: Rebus Community Projects (May 16, 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST)
Open Textbook Network & Rebus Community Host Office Hours Office Hours Launch: Rebus Community Projects Time / Date: Wednesday, May 16, 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST Guest Speaker: Zoe Wake Hyde Rebus Community is building a new, collaborative model for open textbook publishing. To support this model, we are building a platform toKeep reading “Office Hours: Launch: Rebus Community Projects (May 16, 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST)”
New Research from the Rebus Foundation: An Open Approach to Scholarly Reading and Knowledge Management
Many of you shared your insights on scholarly publishing and deep reading with us in an online survey on digital reading back in October, as part of a larger Rebus Foundation research project funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The public report is now available. It details explores scholarly reading through publisher, librarian, and reader perspectives and details other findings fromKeep reading “New Research from the Rebus Foundation: An Open Approach to Scholarly Reading and Knowledge Management”
Rebus’s research on deep scholarly reading
A little over a year ago, The Rebus Foundation embarked on a research and development project to prototype an open, web-based reading system, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Scholarly Communications program. Our main goals with this project were to clearly identify and understand the different players involved in the publication, distribution, andKeep reading “Rebus’s research on deep scholarly reading”
February Office Hours Recap & Video: Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption: Common Questions and Concerns Explained
Are you a faculty, staff member, or librarian hoping to encourage the adoption of Open Textbooks? Speakers in this month’s Office Hours on Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption explained their strategies to overcome obstacles to textbook adoption. Watch the video recording, or read a summary below. Open textbooks reduce the costs of attending college andKeep reading “February Office Hours Recap & Video: Barriers to Open Textbook Adoption: Common Questions and Concerns Explained”
Office Hours: Tracking Faculty Open Textbooks Adaptations and Adoptions
Open Textbook Network & Rebus Community Host Office Hours Tracking Faculty Open Textbooks Adaptations and Adoptions Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST Guest Speakers: Tim Robbins, Assistant Professor of English, Graceland University; Karen Bjork, Head of Digital Initiatives, Portland State University; David Harris, Editor in Chief, OpenStax; and Rosie Liljenquist,Keep reading “Office Hours: Tracking Faculty Open Textbooks Adaptations and Adoptions”
New OT project: Northern & Indigenous Health and Healthcare
Rebus is pleased to announce a new open textbook project on Northern and Indigenous Health and Healthcare to be launched in August 2018. This textbook is organized and edited by Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot and the University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education. The provision of northern health care entails many unique challenges andKeep reading “New OT project: Northern & Indigenous Health and Healthcare”
Contribute a chapter or section to the History of Applied Science and Technology open textbook
We are seeking chapter contributions (7,000-9,000 words) and section contributions (roughly 1,000 words) on a range of topics for the first volume of the History of Applied Science and Technology open textbook, led by Danielle Skjelver (UMUC). Authors should have experience teaching first-year history courses, as the text is aimed at first-year undergraduate students. We are currently lookingKeep reading “Contribute a chapter or section to the History of Applied Science and Technology open textbook”
Call for Chapter Contributions on Metaphysics, Behaviorism, and Materialism
We are seeking chapter contributions of 2,000-3,000 words (8-10 pages double-spaced) on a range of topics within metaphysics and philosophy of mind for the Introduction to Philosophy open textbook, edited by Christina Hendricks (UBC). We encourage interest and contributions from members of underrepresented groups within the philosophical community. Philosophy of Mind We are looking for one orKeep reading “Call for Chapter Contributions on Metaphysics, Behaviorism, and Materialism”