6/24 Textbook Heroes: Growing an Open Education Initiative Through Recognition and Gratitude
Channel: Open Education Network
Date: 2020-06-25

Communication plays a central role in acknowledging and educating communicates about affordability barriers faced by students and the potential of OER. In early 2019, KU Libraries launched an initiative called “Textbook Heroes” to express gratitude for advocacy and innovation in course materials affordability at the University of Kansas. Textbook Heroes are members of the KU community who’ve taken extraordinary initiative to increase access to and affordability of required course materials by implementing and advocating for OER and other low and no cost course materials. Find out how a librarian and a communications manager collaborated to build a low cost, high impact program, and hear from a hero instructor who’s saving KU students a quarter million per year.

Presenters: Josh Bolick, Scholarly Communication Librarian, KU Libraries; LeAnn Meyer, Communications Manager, KU Libraries; Meggie Mapes, Introductory Course Director, KU Communication Studies

Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cfZuJlN5l8_XvF4G9PrS7sUR2rmciWHc/view?usp=sharing
Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1teQRXZqF3GLKFotUEd7qt_8t7ENxSh5-/view?usp=sharing