Shameless Self Promotion: I wrote a chapter in a book about Open Educational Resources!

Let's make the academy better for science and better for our students, and let's make it better for free.

Want to learn how? I recommend a Open: The Philosophy and Practices that are Revolutionizing Education and Science, edited by Rajiv Jhangiani and Robert Biswas-Diener.

In the spirit of open resources, it is totally free.

In the spirit of open pedagogy and quick sharing of teaching ideas, I wrote a chapter for the book about how I've gone about sustaining a blog dedicated to teaching for the last four years. The basic message of my chapter: I blog about teaching, and you can, too!  Here are all the chapters from the book:

• Introduction to Open

  Rajiv S. Jhangiani & Robert Biswas-Diener

• A Brief History of Open Educational Resources

  M. Smith & T. J. Bliss

• Open Licensing and Open Education Licensing Policy

  Cable Green

• Openness and the Transformation of Education and Schooling

  David M. Monetti & William G. Huitt

• What Can OER Do for Me? Evaluating the Claims for OER

  Patrick McAndrew et al.

• Are OE Resources High Quality?

  Regan A. R. Gurung

• Opening Science

  Brian A. Nosek

• Open Course Development at the OERu

  Wayne Mackintosh

• From OER to Open Pedagogy: Harnessing the Power of Open

  Scott Robinson & Robin DeRosa

• Opening Up Higher Education with Screencasts

  Addison Zhao & David B. Miller

• Librarians in the Pursuit of Open Practices

  Quill West

• A Library Viewpoint: Exploring Open Educational Practices

  Anita Walz

• How to Open an Academic Department

  Farhad Dastur

• The International Journal of Wellbeing: An Open Access Success Story

  Aaron Jarden & Dan Weijers

• Iterating Toward Openness: Lessons Learned on a Personal Journey

  David Wiley

• Open-Source for Educational Materials Making Textbooks Cheaper and Better

  Robert Biswas-Diener et al.

• Free is Not Enough

  Daniel Williamson et al.

• The BC Open Textbook Project

  Mary Burgess

• TeachPsychScience.org: Sharing to Improve the Teaching of Research Methods

  Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr. et al.

• DIY Open Pedagogy: Freely Sharing Teaching Resources in Psychology

  Jessica Hartnett

• You Can’t Sell Free, and Other OER Problems

  Robert Biswas-Diener

• Open as Default: The Future of Education and Scholarship

  Rajiv S. Jhangiani