The Power of Saying No this November
During this busy season, we want to provide our community with a gentle reminder to reflect on the work and remember the power of doing less - it's okay to say no. To create sustainable change, we must find avenues to rest and restore, especially after the business of the fall conference season. Read on for a few highlights that are brightening our days.
The newsletter will also include:
- A spotlight on one of our inspiring TSP facilitators: Amy Minervini
- Details of the next Office Hours, "The Power of No"
- New project announcements and calls for participation
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Textbook Success Program Spotlight
This section highlights projects and participants in our Textbook Success Program. Want to be part of TSP? Our cohorts run three times a year. Sign up for a consultation.
Facilitator Spotlight: Amy Minervini
 This month, we’re excited to shine the spotlight on one of our incredible program facilitators: Amy Minervini! Amy Minervini is an English instructor at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. In this role, she teaches composition, communication, and content methods courses. Previously, Amy was an Openness, Pedagogy, Advocacy, & Leadership (OPAL) Faculty Fellow for the State of Idaho, and as part of the English cohort, she co-edited Write What Matters, a modular open access composition textbook. She is the co-editor of two other open access first-year writing texts.
Last year, she earned her Creative Commons Certificate and is a member of the Creative Commons Global Network. She most recently served on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee for the Open Education Conference in addition to reviewing proposals and moderating sessions. She is the co-editor of Pacific View, a newsletter created and distributed by the Two-Year College (English) Association of the Pacific Northwest. She was awarded the 2021 GEM Innovative Educator Award in Written Communication in Idaho. She earned her M.A. in English Literature from the University of Idaho and her post-baccalaureate in Secondary Education English from Lewis-Clark State College. Her research interests include open pedagogy, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and fantasy football.
Amy joined our team of facilitators this fall. She is currently facilitating a cohort of composition and arts faculty, librarians, and staff through our Textbook Success Program as a part of our partnership with the Louisiana Library Network. We’re so grateful for the expertise and enthusiasm she shares with the open community.
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TSP Participant Sessions at Open Ed 2021
Last month, we had the opportunity to see many Textbook Success Program alumnus share out about their incredible work at the 2021 Open Education Conference. Session recordings are now available! Here are just a few to checkout:
There's plenty more to explore. Checkout our round-up of sessions.
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Celebrate the 50th Episode of #OEROfficeHours with the Power of No
Topic: Power of No
When: November 18, 2021, 2-3 ET
Guests: Amanda Larson (Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant, Ohio State University), Johanna Meetz (Publishing & Repository Services Librarian, Ohio State University), Elizabeth Speer (Electronic Resources & Acquisitions Librarian, University of North Texas Health Science Center), and Karen Bjork (Head of Digital Initiatives, Portland State University Library)
At our final Office Hours session for 2021, we want to reflect on one of the toughest parts of managing professional life as an OER advocate: saying no. When opportunities arise, it can be challenging to pull ourselves away from yet another good chance to spread the word or build community around OER initiatives at our institutions. Being able to say no is a crucial and unavoidable part of building a focused, well-balanced, and manageable initiative. Whether you are someone who has worked to create these professional boundaries or are still learning to do so, you’re invited to join the conversation about creating a sustainable OER professional life. Our guest speakers will share their strategies for saying no, and inspire you with all the reasons that doing less can often mean doing so much more.
As always, thanks to the Open Education Network for being such a wonderful partner to organize Office Hours. We look forward to the next 50 episodes!
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Calls for Participation
This section features calls for participation from projects with a topic in our Contributor Marketplace. If you would like to see your call in our newsletter, follow these steps to amplify your requests for contributors.
Are you passionate about media literacy? Are you excited about the potential of interactivity tools like H5P to support student learning? Hands on Media Education, one of our projects from the June 2021 TSP Cohort, is looking for additional contributors who are well-versed in H5P and would like to be a part of their innovative children's digital literacy project. You don't need to be a media literacy expert to join in the effort! Learn more about the project and how to join the team.
The Journal for Multicultural Education’s special issue on the Intersections of Open Educational Practices and Equity Pedagogy, co-edited by TSP participant Stacy Katz, is still open for submissions through December 22nd! The editorial team is seeking articles that provide theoretical or practical applications of open education that highlight traditionally underrepresented perspectives. Learn more about the submission process.
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New Projects
This section features projects that have created new project homepages for their open textbook in development at Rebus.Community. To create your own project homepage, go to www.rebus.community, click "Create a Project," and follow the prompts.
An exciting new project is in development: An Introduction to Inquiry: Explanation and Confirmation in Process. This philosophy and ethics resource will serve as a “a short primer covering the process of inquiry overall, intended to supplement texts on deductive logic or be used as a primary text in logic and critical thinking courses.” Learn more about the project goals and get involved.
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