Introduction to the LibreTexts Project
2024-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | UC Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he introduces you to the LibreTexts project. Delmar will guide you through each component of what the LibreTexts team refers to as the greater LibreVerse including: the LibreTexts repository, home to over 600,000 pages of OER content; the state of the art Remixer that allows you to take any content in the repository and remix it into something new for your course; LibreTexts project management platform, Conductor, and new Workbench tool to help keep your projects and teams organized and on track; our open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT; and much, much more.

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Introduction to LibreTexts Open Homework and Assessment Platform, ADAPT
2024-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he gives you an inside look at LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Participants will get a firsthand, guided tour on how ADAPT is changing the game when it comes to homework platforms in higher education. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students for the next three years. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.

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LibreTexts Open Office Hours
2024-03-05 09:00 - 10:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Have a burning question about the LibreTexts project you’ve been dying to ask? Drop in to one of LibreTexts open office hours during Open Education Week and ask away!

Introduction to LibreTexts Commons & Conductor Platforms
2024-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join a member of the LibreTexts team as they introduce you to our Commons & Conductor platform. A multi-functional platform that provides enhanced searching capabilities across all of LibreTexts over 600,000 page of openly licensed content via the Commons, as well as a project management platform that provides a gathering point for all of your authors to share, search, and remix OER developed and curated by your community in the Conductor. And speaking of community, you can use the Conductor to plan, collaborate, and manage OER efforts across your campus.

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Augmenting OER with Open Source AI
2024-03-05 13:00 - 14:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, and Head of External Education Programs for Sandbox AQ, Marianna Bonanome as they discuss a new partnership to bring AI and OER together to help close the gender gap in the workforce.
This initiative is a collaborative effort to couple LibreTexts’ corpus (950,000 webpages of OER content) with emerging AI so that OER texts can be equipped with a customized open source AI tutor. Intellectual isolation is a particular problem for adult learners who, without close interactions with instructors and fellow students, can lose focus. The AI tutor system will provide guidance to LibreTexts’ learning materials for individual students based on individual needs expressed in natural language.

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Building Courses in LibreTexts Open Homework and Assessment Platform, ADAPT
2024-03-05 14:00 - 15:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he gives you a firsthand look at how to build courses in LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students for the next three years. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.

Introduction to Remixing OER with LibreTexts
2024-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join a member of the LibreTexts team as they show you how to use our state of the art Remixer to remix existing OER. With an easy to use drag and drop functionality, and over 600,000 pages of content from which to choose, we think you’ll agree the LibreTexts Remixer can help you take your OER to the next level.
You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

Building Assignments in LibreTexts Open Homework and Assessment Platform, ADAPT
2024-03-06 14:00 - 15:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he shows you how to build assignments in LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Participants will learn how to build autograded questions based on four technologies – H5P, WebWork, IMathAS, and native (QTI) – that can be used interchangeably to allow for maximal impact. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students for the next three years. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.
You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

LibreTexts Open Office Hours
2024-03-07 09:00 - 10:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Have a burning question you’re dying to ask about the LibreTexts project? Drop in to our open office hours and ask us anything!

Introduction to Editing OER With LibreTexts
2024-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he shows you how to edit OER textbooks with LibreTexts. With a powerful, easy to use WYSIWYG interface, and over 600,000 pages of content from which to choose, editing OER with LibreTexts will help you take your OER to the next level.

From Textbook to Homework: A Collaborative Journey in Developing Our Spanish OER Projects with LibreTexts
2024-03-07 13:00 - 14:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
In this presentation, four instructors from California community colleges will discuss their transition from traditional commercial textbook bundles to Open Educational Resources (OER) and innovative homework solutions in Spanish language instruction. They will focus on three collaborative projects supported by the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges Open Educational Resources Initiative (ASCCC OERI) and LibreTexts: Entrada Libre (2020), Tarea Libre (2022), and Tarea Libre 2 (expected summer 2024). Attendees will learn about the collaborative process, from conception to implementation, and the challenges faced during the development of the materials.

The speakers will share valuable insights into OER development and offer actionable takeaways. The presentation aims to renew enthusiasm for reshaping the future of Spanish language education through innovative solutions. Emphasis will be placed on the creation of open and accessible resources that align with the ASCCC OERI IDEA framework of inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and accessibility.

You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

Introduction to Populating Learning Trees in LibreTexts Open Homework and Assessment Platform, ADAPT
2024-03-07 14:00 - 15:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he shows you how to populate learning trees in LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students for the next three years. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.
You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

Converting Your Math Classes to OER With LibreTexts
2024-03-07 15:00 - 16:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Over a period of three semesters, the Mathematics department at Cosumnes River College transformed their entire STEM pathway to OER materials and textbooks using the LibreTexts platform. At this point, a student can earn an A.S. in Mathematics at CRC without paying anything for course materials (at least in the mathematics classes). Additionally, this transition to OER allowed several other STEM programs to offer fully ZTC degrees. In this talk, mathematics professor Roy Simpson, who transitioned six of the courses, will speak about his experiences with the process and provide some recommendations on how to speed up the transition process.
You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

The Magazine Cover Story: LibreTexts Engages Students’ Interests and Insights through Snippets and Snapshots
2024-03-07 16:00 - 17:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
This session is both a presentation and a discussion of how instructors and students engage with LibreTexts Open Educational Resources (OER) through a creative semester-long assignment. The three co-presenters — one professor and her students — share their perspectives on the use of LibreTexts as a foundation for a project in two different courses: interpersonal communication and intercultural communication.

Presenter: Dr. Armeda C. Reitzel, Professor, Communication
Presenter: Ms. Julia Kurtz, Undergraduate Student, Communication
Presenter: Josué Valdez, Undergraduate Student, Communication

Dr. Reitzel is Professor of Communication who is a true believer in the creation and use of LibreTexts.

Julia Kurtz is a third year at Cal Poly Humboldt majoring in communications. She is passionate about creating channels for people of all backgrounds to share knowledge and their stories to better connect us as humans.

Josué Valdez is a recovering poet and communications major at Cal Poly Humboldt with an interest in examining the ways we interpret messages.

You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

All About LibreTexts LibreNet Consortium
2024-03-08 12:00 - 13:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
The LibreTexts project has always been dedicated to creating a community of educators who believe in the power of OER. As a non-profit organization we take a mission over money mindset into all of the work we do. With over 15 years of experience building new open technologies to help make the construction and adoption of OER easier and more appealing to teaching faculty, LibreTexts LibreNet consortium seeks to enable the next generation of educators who wish to build on the endless possibilities of OER and open education. The LibreNet is a key component to the LibreTexts project long-term sustainability plan that provides members added benefits and access to the greater LibreVerse suite of open technologies, including:

Hosting for unlimited number of texts
Branded campus commons portal
Priority access to the LibreTexts support team
Three hour jumpstart training for your faculty
And more!

Join the LibreTexts team for an informal discussion about how LibreNet membership can help take your open education efforts to the next level. Bring your questions!
Information on the LibreNet can be found on the LibreTexts website. For questions please contact Jennifer Rogers, LibreTexts Outreach Coordinator at: jrogers@libretexts.org.

What is H5P? How to collaborate and create OER using H5P in LibreTexts Studio
2024-03-08 14:00 - 15:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Have you ever wanted to create interactive videos, games, puzzles, and activities for your course or textbook? With H5P and LibreTexts Studio platform, you can quickly design interactive resources, share them openly, and embed them anywhere your students learn. Come and join our session and find out how you can use Studio to create interactive OER.
You can view a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

OER Project Management: A Strategic Framework
2025-03-03 10:00 - 11:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Effective OER program management in higher education goes beyond good intentions—it requires strategy, structure, communication, and project management (PM) tools.
Join Rachel Fleming, OER Librarian at Irvine Valley College, as she explores OER PM methodologies, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Critical Paths, risk assessment, and stakeholder engagement/information behaviors, while providing practical strategies for sustainability and scalability.
This presentation will cover project scope, scope creep, implement tracking systems, basic communication management, and leverage free PM software like LibreTexts Conductor pages to streamline collaboration at the individual project level.

Panel: Using LibreTexts for Your Chemistry Courses
2025-03-03 11:00 - 12:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join instructors Lisa Sharpe Elles (Kansas State University) and Sheba Kuruvilla (Mt. San Jacinto Community College) as they answer questions from participants about how they use LibreTexts in their Chemistry courses.

Welcome to the LibreTexts “LibreVerse”
2025-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join a member of the LibreTexts team as we introduce you to the LibreTexts project.
We will guide you through each component of what we refers to as the greater “LibreVerse” including: the LibreTexts repository, home to over a million pages of OER content; our state of the art Remixer that allows you to take any content in the repository and remix it into something new for your course; LibreTexts project management platform, Conductor, and Workbench tool to help keep your projects and teams organized and on track; our open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT; and much, much more.

Introduction to LibreTexts ADAPT Open Homework and Assessment Platform
2025-03-03 14:00 - 15:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he gives you an inside look at LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Participants will get a firsthand, guided tour on how ADAPT is changing the game when it comes to homework platforms in higher education. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.

LibreTexts Office Hours
2025-03-04 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-03-06 09:00 - 10:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Did you know LibreTexts holds twice weekly office hours, every week? Whether you have a quick question or something that needs more in-depth answers, drop in anytime between 9-10 am PST every Tuesday and Thursday and chat with a member of our team.

Introduction to LibreTexts Commons&Conductor Platform
2025-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join a member of the LibreTexts team as we introduce you to our Commons & Conductor platform. A multi-functional platform that provides enhanced searching capabilities across all of LibreTexts over one million page of openly licensed content via the Commons, as well as a project management platform that provides a gathering point for all of your authors to share, search, and remix OER developed and curated by your community in the Conductor. And speaking of community, you can use the Conductor to plan, collaborate, and manage OER efforts across your campus. And best of all: it’s completely free!

The Triple A’s of Ancillaries: Advancing Academic Achievement
2025-03-04 13:00 - 14:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
This interactive session will highlight best practices implementation strategies, and the positive impact of LibreTexts ancillaries on student comprehension, retention, and application of course content. It features the presenter’s firsthand experiences in leading a cohort of subject matter experts in communication to create ancillaries for a LibreTexts textbook.

Introduction to Building Courses in LibreTexts ADAPT Open Homework and Assessment Platform
2025-03-04 14:00 - 15:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he gives you a firsthand look at how to build courses in LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.

Introducing LibreTexts Academy Center for Open Instructional Innovation and Professional Development
2025-03-05 10:00 - 11:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
LibreTexts Academy is here! Join Director of Curriculum Innovation and Development, Justin Shorb, for an introduction to our Academy Center for Open Instructional Innovation and Professional Development. From year long cohorts to asynchronous webinars, Academy has something for all of the open education advocates and practitioners on your campus.
Be sure to fill out our interest form before attending available at https://libretexts.org/academy.

Introduction to Remixing OER with LibreTexts
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join a member of the LibreTexts team as we show you how to use our state of the art Remixer to remix existing OER. With an easy to use drag and drop functionality, and over a million pages of content from which to choose, we think you’ll agree the LibreTexts Remixer can help you take your OER to the next level.

Coalinga College Embraces Academic Freedom With LibreTexts
2025-03-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Coalinga College, Coalinga, United States
Coalinga College received the ASCCC 2024-2025 Exemplary Program Award this year for the extraordinary feat of moving from 10% OER adoption rates amongst full-time faculty to 85%. Situated in a town of 17,000, Coalinga College serves the town and an area of surrounding communities over 2000 square miles.
Some of the Coalinga faculty join us today to talk about their understanding of students’ needs and how OERs have helped them engage their students in the learning process. OERs, and LibreTexts’ Remixer tool, have made it simple to include all and only the material they want to present, in the order that they consider best, without having to worry about students getting lost.
Faculty are no longer bound by what a publisher thinks the content presentation should be. And they can ensure they have the materials they need from Day One, so they no longer need to delay diving into the materials. Faculty time can be spent teaching instead of having to wait for students to have the books delivered.
Four faulty members will discuss their experiences with OER adoption, and how they continue to make change for their community.

LibreTexts Remixing Made Easy: Supporting Faculty in Creating OER Without the Tech Overwhelm
2025-03-05 15:00 - 16:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Remixing an OER textbook can feel daunting – especially when faced with new platforms and tools. In this session, Cosumnes River College shares practices to utilize support staff to streamline the LibreTexts remixing process. This approach allows faculty to focus on fine-tuning content rather than learning a new interface.

Leveraging LibreTexts and OER to Design AI-Enhanced Assignments
2025-03-06 10:00 - 11:00 | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join Ly-Huong Pham, Evergreen Valley College, as she discusses how LibreTexts’ remixing capabilities help faculty design assignments that integrate AI while fostering student engagement and critical thinking.
By seamlessly combining different OERs or chapters, educators can create flexible learning experiences that encourage deeper inquiry. She will share insights from her experience working with students, highlighting their challenges, responses, and lessons learned.
