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    • No Limits: Foundations and Strategies for College Success 

      University of Texas at Arlington (Mavs Open Press, 2017)
      Student Success and First Year Experience (UNIV 1131 and UNIV 1000, respectively, at UTA) are learning community courses that teach new students academic success skills to aid their transition to college. The goal of the ...
    • Final Report: Development of Web-Based Interactive Educational System Replacing the Traditional Textbook Based Instructional Approach 

      Kermanshachi, Sharareh (2018)
      Dr. Sharareh Kermanshachi, Assistant Professor in UTA's Department of Civil Engineering, received a UTA CARES grant in 2017. The grant supported creation of an OER to replace the commercial textbook previously used in a ...
    • Analysis and Assessment of Graduate Students’ Perception and Academic Performance Using Open Educational Resource (OER) Course Materials 

      Kermanshachi, Sharareh; Nipa, Thahomina Jahan (ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2018)
      Dr. Kermanshachi presented a conference paper about her UTA CARES grant project at the 2018 Annual American Society for Engineering Education Conference. She was also awarded a 2018-19 OER Research Fellowship from the Open ...
    • Accessibility Statement 

      Reed, Michelle (2018)
      UTA Libraries believe education needs to be available to everyone, which means supporting the creation of free, open, and accessible educational resources. We are actively committed to increasing the accessibility and ...
    • Human Anatomy Lab Manual 

      Wilk-Blaszczak, Malgosia (Mavs Open Press, 2018)
      This is a lab manual for a college-level human anatomy course. Mastery of anatomy requires a fair amount of memorization and recall skills. The activities in this manual encourage students to engage with new vocabulary in ...
    • Sticker Shock 

      UTA Libraries (2018-03)
      Volunteer student team planned and implemented Open Education Week 2018 activities at UTA, including creating a Sticker Shock campaign with stickers directing students to a guide with information about open educational ...
    • Creating Online Learning Experiences: A Brief Guide to Online Courses, from Small and Private to Massive and Open 

      Crosslin, Matt (Mavs Open Press, 2018-06-22)
      The process of designing online courses often focuses on the methodology of taking certain steps to produce a product (the course). We feel that learning should be an experience more than a place run by a person constrained ...
    • Final Report: Open Geography Education: Free Classic Readings and Wiki-Education 

      Milson, Andrew (2019)
      There were two purposes of this open education project. The primary purpose was to reduce costs to students of GEOG 2302: Human Geography. For several semesters prior to fall 2018, students were required to purchase ...
    • GEOG 2302: Human Geography 

      Milson, Andrew (2019)
      Dr. Andrew Milson received a UTA CARES Adoption Stipend in 2018 to implement open pedagogy in GEOG 2302 (Human Geography). The syllabus and Wiki Edu timeline from the pilot semester are archived here.
    • Final Report: Incorporating an Open Educational Resource into the Applied Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Course to Enhance Civil Engineering Education 

      Ahmari, Habib (2019)
      In this project an open educational resource (OER) was developed and incorporated into the applied fluid mechanics laboratory course. The objectives of this OER were to: 1) provide students with adequate and consistent ...
    • ECON 4318: Economic Data Analysis Capstone 

      Spivey, Christy (2019)
      Dr. Christy Spivey received a UTA CARES Adoption Stipend in 2018 to implement open pedagogy in ECON 4318 (Economic Data Analysis Capstone). The syllabus and Wiki Edu timeline from the pilot semester are archived here.
    • Final Report 

      Spivey, Christy (2019)
      Christy Spivey's final report for the UTA CARES Grant Program
    • Faculty Handouts on OER 

      UTA Libraries (2019)
      Handouts provide basic information about open educational resources (OER) and support for open education from UTA Libraries.
    • Tout un Monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Intermediate French 

      Soueid, Alicia (Mavs Open Press, 2019)
      This book is intended for use with intermediate level college French classes. Its multidisciplinary approach introduces students to topics and vocabulary associated with fields such as medicine, advertising, travel, business, ...
    • Final Report: Utilizing OER Resources to Strengthen the Student Experience in Geometry 

      Jorgensen, Theresa (2019)
      Dr. Theresa Jorgensen's final report for the UTA CARES Grant Program
    • UTA CARES Student Survey 

      Reed, Michelle (2019)
      Each semester, students enrolled in UTA courses supported by the UTA CARES Grant Program and by Mavs Open Press are surveyed about their experiences using open educational resources (OER) or other educational content ...
    • OER Success 2019 

      UTA Libraries (2019)
      Handout developed in Fall 2019 to showcase successes of the UTA Libraries' open education program.
    • Applied Fluid Mechanics Lab Manual 

      Ahmari, Habib; Kabir, Shah Md Imran (Mavs Open Press, 2019)
      This lab manual provides students with the theory, practical applications, objectives, and laboratory procedure of ten experiments. The manual also includes educational videos showing how student should run each experiment ...
    • Marginalia: Web Annotation for Engaged Teaching and Learning 

      Dean, Jeremy; Wagstaff, Steel (2019-03)
      As educational resources are increasingly offered online, students are doing more reading on digital devices. How can educators encourage meaningful engagement with these digital texts? How can we facilitate discourse ...
    • Introduction to OER 

      Reed, Michelle (2019-03)
      We’ll define open educational resources (OER), examine the impact of OER use in higher education, discuss copyright and open licensing, and explore avenues for identifying existing OER that can be remixed and reused. The ...