Category Archives: Open Educational Resources

Announcing open textbook “Introduction to Biosystems Engineering”

by Anita Walz Posted on February 19, 2021

– Contributed by Ann Brown In February 2021, The University Libraries’ Virginia Tech Publishing and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) published “Introduction to Biosystems Engineering” an open textbook for university-level introductory courses in biosystems engineering. Written by an international … Continue reading →

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Announcing open textbook Fundamentals of Business, third edition

by Anita Walz Posted on January 6, 2021

Virginia Tech Publishing and the Pamplin College of Business are pleased to announce the publication of Fundamentals of Business, third edition. This peer-reviewed open textbook is free to read and download online. Print editions are also available via print-on-demand. Fundamentals of … Continue reading →

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Announcing open textbook Strategic Management

by Anita Walz Posted on September 15, 2020

Blog written by Anita Walz, with Sarah Mease. Strategic Management (2020) is a 343-page open textbook designed to introduce key topics and themes of strategic management to undergraduate students in a senior capstone course. The book is published by Virginia … Continue reading →

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Announcing: Electromagnetics, Volume 2 by Ellingson

by Anita Walz Posted on January 3, 2020

The University Libraries at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce publication of Electromagnetics, volume 2 from the Steven W. Ellingson and the Open Electromagnetics Project at Virginia Tech. Electromagnetics, volume 2 by Steven W. Ellingson is a 216-page peer-reviewed open … Continue reading →

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Recapping the 2018 & 2019 Open Education Symposiums at Virginia Tech

by Anita Walz Posted on March 25, 2019

OER are More than Just $Free Open Educational Resources (OER) are expert-authored and freely-shared learning materials available in various formats. They are not just textbooks and they enable much more than resources which are “low” or zero cost. OER are … Continue reading →

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OpenCon 2018: Open Space for Critical Discussion

by Philip Young Posted on November 13, 2018

As part of Open Access Week, the University Libraries and the Graduate School offered a travel scholarship to OpenCon 2018, a conference for early career researchers on open access, open data, and open educational resources. From a pool of many … Continue reading →

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Announcing: Electromagnetics, Volume 1 by Ellingson

by Anita Walz Posted on September 12, 2018

The University Libraries at Virginia Tech is pleased to announce publication of Electromagnetics, Volume 1 by Steven W. Ellingson. Electromagnetics, Volume 1 is a 225-page peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbook intended for use in a one-semester, first course in undergraduate engineering … Continue reading →

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Virginia Tech Co-Founds the Open Textbook Network Publishing Cooperative

by Corinne Guimont Posted on January 24, 2018

Virginia Tech is one of nine founding members of the Open Textbook Network Publishing Cooperative, a pilot program focused on publishing new, openly licensed textbooks. The program was launched by the Open Textbook Network (OTN) and aims to increase open … Continue reading →

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Electromagnetics Volume 1 (Beta): Virginia Tech’s Newest Open Textbook

by Anita Walz Posted on January 18, 2018

VT Publishing and the University Libraries of Virginia Tech are pleased to announce publication of a second, new open textbook: Electromagnetics Volume 1 (Beta). (You can read about the first open textbook in an earlier blog post.) The textbook is … Continue reading →

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OpenCon 2017: The OpenCon Platform

by Philip Young Posted on January 4, 2018

As part of Open Access Week, the University Libraries and the Graduate School offered a travel scholarship to OpenCon 2017, a conference for early career researchers on open access, open data, and open educational resources. From a pool of many … Continue reading →

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