Do You Want to Build a Textbook?
Channel: LibreTexts
Date: 2021-03-02

Delmar Larsen, Executive Director of LibreTexts introduces LibreTexts and describes how the LibreTexts platform allows any instructor to build a custom textbook that meets the needs of their curriculum and their students. This presentation provides an overview of the LibreTexts platform for the construction, dissemination, and application of OER textbooks. A short discussion of the philosophy and benefits of centralized platform approach will be presented with an overview of the tools that faculty have access including: (1) The LibreTexts Libraries with over 350,000 pages of remixable OER, (2) the OER remixer to drag and drop remixing, (3) The LibreLens for automatic attribution, (4) and the ADAPT and QUERY assessment engines, among others.