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Type of site | Open Educational Resources |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, Spanish |
| Owner | LibreTexts |
| URL | LibreTexts.org |
| Launched | 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
LibreTexts (formerly The ChemWIKI[1], STEMHyperlibrary[2]) is a nonprofit online educational resource project based at the University of California Davis.[3] Started in 2008 by Delmar Larsen, a Professor in the UCD Department of Chemistry with a single physical chemistry openly licensed textbook, LibreTexts has expanded to involve 11 institutions and over 100 faculty across the US and Canada.[4][5][6] All materials are covered by Creative Commons Licenses.
Mission[5]
LibreTexts stated mission "is to unite students, faculty and scholars in a cooperative effort to develop an easy-to-use online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of open educational resources (OER) to reduce the burdens of unreasonable textbook costs to our students and society."
Support
Currently major support comes from the Department of Education FIPSE[7] 2018 Open Textbook Pilot Program[8][6][9][10]. Other funding comes from the University of California Davis, the University of California Davis Library, and the California State University System through its Affordable Learning Solutions[11] program and the MERLOT OER database. The collaboration depends on the participation of many faculty some of whom receive direct support from the project. Others have related grants and many others participate as part of their academic contributions to teaching, service and research.
Institutional Members of the LibreTexts Project[6]
- University of California, Davis (lead)
- California State University System Provost Office
- University of Washington
- Hope College
- Saint Mary's College
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Prince George's Community College
- Contra Costa College
- Diablo Valley College
- Los Medanos College
- Sacramento City College
- American River College
- Cosumnes River College
- Folsom Lake College
References
- ^ Rusay, Ronald J.; Mccombs, Michelle R.; Barkovich, Matthew J.; Larsen, Delmar S. (2011-06-01). "Enhancing Undergraduate Chemistry Education with the Online Dynamic ChemWiki Resource". Journal of Chemical Education. 88 (6): 840–840. doi:10.1021/ed101119d. ISSN 0021-9584.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1525057 - Collaborative Research: Developing and Assessing Effective Cyberlearning within the STEMWiki Hyperlibrary". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ Halpern, Joshua B.; Larsen, Delmar S. (2017/ed). "Driving Broad Adaptation of Open On Line Educational Resources". MRS Advances. 2 (31–32): 1707–1712. doi:10.1557/adv.2017.256. ISSN 2059-8521.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Allen, Gregory; Guzman-Alvarez, Alberto; Smith, Amy; Gamage, Alan; Molinaro, Marco; Larsen, Delmar S. (2015-10-06). "Evaluating the effectiveness of the open-access ChemWiki resource as a replacement for traditional general chemistry textbooks". Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 16 (4): 939–948. doi:10.1039/C5RP00084J. ISSN 1756-1108.
- ^ a b "LibreTexts - Free The Textbook". libretexts.org. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ a b c "U.S. Department of Education Awards $4.9 Million Grant to University of California, Davis to Develop Free, Open Textbooks Program | U.S. Department of Education". www.ed.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Home Page". www2.ed.gov. 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ "Awards - Open Textbooks Pilot Program". www2.ed.gov. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ "Department of Education awards pilot OER grant to UC Davis open textbook project | Inside Higher Ed". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "LibreTexts wins inaugural Open Textbook Pilot grant | U.S. PIRG". uspirg.org. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "Welcome to Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) | Affordable Learning Solutions". als.csuprojects.org. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
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