The Engineering and Computing Education Core (ECEC) Spring Excellence in Teaching Series resumes Friday, April 9 with a noon-1 p.m. session – How You Can Save Students Money on Textbooks with Inclusive Access and OER Programs – led by and Marcia Dority Baker, assistant director/academic technologies from IT Academic Technology, and Brad Severa, academic tech support specialist with IT Academic Technology.
If you are concerned about the rising costs of textbooks, you can easily save money for students by ordering textbooks through one of two Inclusive Access (IA) programs at UNL. Not only will you save students money, but they will have first-day access to textbooks and courseware in Canvas.
We will review the two different programs available through the Campus Bookstore and UNL's Unizin membership. We will provide links to resources for faculty and students on how these programs work.
Using Open Educational Resources (OER) is another option that can save students money. Some free textbooks already exist that you may adapt to your class through Creative Commons licenses.
The EIT series will continue on Fridays through at least April 30, and all presentations are delivered via Zoom.
For dates, times, session details or to register, click the link below. If you seek further information, contact ECEC Director Tareq Daher at tareq.daher@unl.edu
More details at: https://engineering.unl.edu/ecec/excellence-teaching-series/