{"id":12315,"date":"2021-03-02T12:45:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/?p=12315"},"modified":"2021-03-04T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T16:27:20","slug":"celebrate-open-education-week-join-the-affordable-learning-discussion-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2021\/03\/02\/celebrate-open-education-week-join-the-affordable-learning-discussion-3-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Open Education Week! Join the Affordable Learning Discussion 3\/3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/03\/Affordable-Learning-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-12341\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/03\/Affordable-Learning-Logo-300x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/03\/Affordable-Learning-Logo-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/03\/Affordable-Learning-Logo-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/03\/Affordable-Learning-Logo-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/03\/Affordable-Learning-Logo.png 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Library invites University of Scranton Faculty to join us during Open Education Week on <strong>Wednesday, March 3rd, at 11:00 am<\/strong>\u00a0on Zoom to discuss implementing Open Educational Resources (OER) and affordable learning materials in the classroom. Affordable learning aims to reduce the financial burden on students by eliminating expensive for-cost textbooks and course materials with no-cost or low-cost educational resources. OER include online textbooks, media, and other materials that are available freely for use and can be remixed\/reused for educational purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion will include an introduction to OER, how to locate OER and other open materials within the Library\u2019s collection and online, and suggestions for how you can replace costly textbooks and other resources with OER and\/or appropriately licensed library resources. Librarians will also answer questions about OER and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/academics\/wml\/infolit\/oer-grants.shtml\">Affordable Learning Implementation Grants<\/a> (formerly the Open Educational Resources Grants), available to full-time Faculty and accepting applications until April 16th.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/UofSALRegistration\">Click here to register for the Zoom link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Library invites University of Scranton Faculty to join us during Open Education Week on Wednesday, March 3rd, at 11:00 am\u00a0on Zoom to discuss implementing Open Educational Resources (OER) and affordable learning materials in the classroom. 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