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Why Skills Are Becoming the New Measure of Workforce Readiness
In 2022, Delaware’s Department of Human Resources went through its Family Service Specialist job postings and replaced the bachelor’s degree requirement with a line about relevant work experience. Applications went up 575 per cent. That number says less about the degree requirement than about who was already there: people doing adjacent work, capable of the job, invisible to the hiring process because the posting was…
Why We’re Writing About Skills, Badges, and Trust This Fall
On our blog we usually write about what goes into an open textbook: the licensing, the teaching methods, the people who write and revise a chapter together. Over the next…
The Public Good of Open Pedagogy
Two community college students write about the Vietnam War in their first-year US history course. One is assigned an essay. They gather their research, write the paper, and turn it…
How a Diamond Open Access Publisher Expanded into Open Textbooks
Quick Facts Institution: University of Groningen Press (UGP) Location: Groningen, Netherlands Founded: 2017 Institution Type: Library-led diamond open access university press Open Textbook Program Launched: 2021 Primary Goal: Develop a…
How a Young Irish University Built a Community-Driven Open Publishing Network
Quick Facts Institution: Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) Location: Midwest and Midlands regions, Ireland Founded: 2021 (through the merger of two institutes of technology). Open Press launched in 2024….
Global Collaboration in Action: Insights from Building an Open Book Across Borders
When Associate Prof Mpho-Entle Puleng Modise registered for the Commonwealth of Learning’s ODL Practitioner Mentorship Program in 2023, she had a specific concern: that no one would be interested in…
No-Nonsense Filmmaking: An Open Textbook That Celebrates Process, Curiosity, and Creativity
A free, open-access filmmaking textbook by Jessica Livingstone & Mischa Livingstone that demystifies film production for all students.Filmmaking isn’t a linear process, and No-Nonsense Filmmaking isn’t a linear textbook. Created…
Indigenous Voices in Open Education: A Reading List
June 21 marks National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. The date falls on the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and a well-established time of gathering and celebration…
Homegrown Knowledge: How VCU Faculty Wrote the Marketing Textbook Their Students Needed
by Jodie L. Ferguson, Ph.D.; Jonathan Ross Gilbert, Ph.D.; Katie Gilstrap, M.B.A.; Suzanne C. Makarem, Ph.D.; Mayoor Mohan, Ph.D.; Butch M. Sarma, M.B.A.; and Cesar Zamudio, Ph.D. A free, open-access…
Inside Fanshawe’s OER Design Studio: An Inspirational Model for OER Creation
What does it take to build a thriving open education ecosystem at a college? At Fanshawe College, the answer lies in a simple but powerful idea: support faculty and students,…