Latest OER grant projects expected to save 1,300 students $247,000
Posted May 11, 2020
By Lauren McKeen, Open Education Librarian Four recipients of a 2020-21 Open Educational Resource grant will receive at least $5,000 to develop free teaching...Profile Lauren McKeen McDonald
Free Resources in Response to COVID-19: What Faculty Need to Know
Posted April 7, 2020
By Liz Hamilton, Copyright Librarian Many vendors have been expanding user access to their digital resources in light of library closures due to COVID-19....
Busted: The Top 5 myths about OER
Posted March 2, 2020
By Lauren McKeen, Librarian and Web Manager If you’re an educator, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve heard of OER, but you may be...
Apply for an Open Educational Resources Development Grant
Posted January 13, 2020
Written by Chris Diaz, Digital Publishing Librarian Updated March 9, 2020: The deadline for the grant application has been extended to March 20, 2020....
How OER Eliminates the Cost and Copyright Barriers of Textbooks
Posted October 16, 2019
By Chris Diaz, Digital Publishing Librarian According to the Northwestern Student Finance Office, Northwestern students are likely to spend more than $1,600 per year...
The Aggregate: highlighting data resources at Northwestern
Posted September 23, 2019
Anne Zald has served as a Social Science Data Librarian (and also our Government Information Librarian) since 2013. She works with faculty and students...
Pilot OER Grant Program to save students $179K in first year
Posted May 23, 2019
The newly launched Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant program was designed to support faculty who are interested in exploring the use of OER in...
New grant supports creative use of open resources
Posted March 5, 2019
A new grant program at Northwestern supports faculty who use open educational resources for undergraduate courses. The grants come in two amounts: $2,500 for...
Veterans Day: David Thomas Hanson and the heroics of an “average” alumnus
Posted November 9, 2018
By Kevin Leonard, University Archivist Partially screened behind a hedge southwest of Harris Hall, unseen and unnoticed by most, a monument stands to a...