Category Archives: Open Educational Resources

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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OpenCon 2016 Reports from Virginia Tech Graduate Students

by Philip Young Posted on January 17, 2017

As part of Open Access Week, the University Libraries and the Graduate School offered two travel scholarships to OpenCon 2016, a conference for early career researchers on open access, open data, and open educational resources. This is the third year … Continue reading →

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Fundamentals of Business : Virginia Tech’s New Open Textbook

by Anita Walz Posted on August 25, 2016

Virginia Tech Libraries and the Pamplin College of Business are pleased to announce publication of Fundamentals of Business, a full color, 440+ page free online textbook for Virginia Tech’s Foundations of Business course. This Virginia Tech course averages 14 sections … Continue reading →

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Getting to Know Open: A Grad Student’s Experiences at OpenCon 2015 in Brussels

by Philip Young Posted on March 16, 2016

As part of Open Access Week, the University Libraries and the Graduate School offered a travel scholarship to OpenCon 2015, 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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Grad Students: Travel to Brussels to Learn About Openness!

by Philip Young Posted on September 2, 2015

Graduate students at Virginia Tech are encouraged to apply for a travel scholarship to OpenCon 2015, the student and early career researcher conference on Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data to be held on November 14-16, 2015 in Brussels, … Continue reading →

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University Libraries Host Open Education Week 2015

by Anita Walz Posted on March 23, 2015

Open Education Week is an annual event to raise awareness of free and open educational resources, and 2015 marked the second celebration of Open Education Week at Virginia Tech’s University Libraries. How are open educational resources (OER) defined? OER are … Continue reading →

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