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Learn how to use Temple Libraries databases to read popular newspapers and magazines on Nov. 15th at noon! You’ll learn how to quickly navigate to these publications, such as the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and more. library.temple.edu/events/15…
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Steven @blendedlib of Temple University shared much information including how adopting a mobile first approach along with value engineering allowed enhanced usability of the library while saving $$$$ in "Time to Say Farewell: Do Academic Libraries Still Need Desktop Computers?"
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🎉Our own @TempleUniv faculty member @CST_TempleU, Natalie P. Flynn, has been named the latest @ALearningPA Affordable Learning Champion! mailchi.mp/4f32e37bbc3a/alpa… #OpenEd #OER #AffordableLearning #TempleTAP
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Earlier this week, @TempleLibraries opened their doors for in-person visits. Learn about the modifications they have put in place to keep you healthy and safe. bit.ly/33EHSEu
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We reached out to former Textbook Affordability Project awardees to check in about how open educational resources have impacted their instruction. The stories cover the variety of benefits professors can gain from switching to #OER: tinyurl.com/TempleLibraries #OER4Covid
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Now is your chance! Receive an award of up to $1,500 for switching to free or low-cost learning materials in your classroom or for assigning non-traditional assignments. Apply before the new extended deadline of Wednesday, April 8, 2020. library.temple.edu/services/…
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The average college student spent $484 on required course materials in 2017-18! @TempleUniv faculty: help alleviate economic barriers for students by adopting no cost open educational resources. bit.ly/CharlesTAP #OER #OEWeek20
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David Gooblar@dgooblar9 Jan 2020
My new piece for the @chronicle looks at the signals we send when we try to measure our students' progress. When does our desire to know how well students are doing shade into surveillance and coerced compliance? chronicle.com/article/A-Teac…

A Teacher’s New Year’s Resolution: Stop Fixating on the Data

Even the best teaching practices can have negative effects when they focus too much on data-driven compliance and surveillance.

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Happy #GivingTUesday Owls! Join the global movement celebrating generosity and giving back today and support our efforts to lower textbook costs: giving.temple.edu/textbook
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Support the #Textbook Affordability Project #OwlCrowd campaign! Help professors adopt low or no cost learning materials! giving.temple.edu/textbook
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Classes without print textbooks? More colleges are giving it a try. inquirer.com/education/textb…

Classes without textbooks? More colleges are giving it a try

Since 2010, an effort at Temple University to move away from the use of traditional - and often expensive print textbooks - has saved students $1 million. Temple is far from an outlier. Similar...

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🚨OTN Community member story 🚨 “Now I use an OER that was created by professors at another university. I can customize it, manipulate it, and mold it to my students’ needs." Jacqueline Phillips, @TempleUniv More ▶️ z.umn.edu/4lb8
Text reads “This $300 textbook I was asking students to buy had created a barrier to their learning,” Phillips said. “Now I use an OER that was created by professors at another university. I can customize it, manipulate it, and mold it to my students’ needs. I have become an advocate for this in my department. I don’t think all faculty know these resources are available through Temple Libraries.” Jacqueline Phillips,

ALT Text reads “This $300 textbook I was asking students to buy had created a barrier to their learning,” Phillips said. “Now I use an OER that was created by professors at another university. I can customize it, manipulate it, and mold it to my students’ needs. I have become an advocate for this in my department. I don’t think all faculty know these resources are available through Temple Libraries.” Jacqueline Phillips,

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We’re making big moves at the library to help diminish the ever-growing costs of textbooks. Check out our two initiatives here: news.temple.edu/news/2019-08…
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL: The textbook market is very controversial. Consumer advocates warn trends that publishers claim are helping students save are actually doing the exact opposite. @nydia_han reports: 6abc.cm/2MEPJdk
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Amanda Larson@maeverawr9 Aug 2019
I always want to hear about how someone started their grant program. There are always lessons you can take away to improve your own work. #ALPaOERsummit19
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There is power in community! Excited to work together with OER advocates from across the state to help students and transform educational opportunities! #ALPaOERsummit19
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tdraut@tdraut23 Jun 2019
Goes back to trust amongst your organization a little bit too. A change resistant culture might have been fostered by a series of bad changes or changes for change sake. Building trust might go to creating that change ready mindset/culture #alaac19 #ala19changeready
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"Change is NOT a one-off situation" #alaac19 #ala19changeready – at Washington, DC
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Congratulations to Claire McGlinchey, Alexis Turner, Michelle Joyce, Delaney Keith, Areebah Rahman, and Anna Monogue, this year’s recipients of our Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards!
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“I’ve never seen anything like this before. A place where normal people can have their voices heard.” @TempleUpdate has the scoop on @TempleUniv's new short story dispenser featuring stories from the community! templeupdate.com/free-short-…
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