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Driving Broad Adaptation of Open On Line Educational Resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2017

Joshua B. Halpern  and
Delmar S. Larsen
Joshua B. Halpern*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, U.S.A.
Delmar S. Larsen
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A.
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*(Email: jhalpern@howard.edu)
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Abstract

The world is full of educational materials created by faculty but there has been insufficient progress in disseminating even the best of these and without broad dissemination there is little penetration of open materials into higher education. Dissemination of open educational materials cannot be limited to textbooks but systems must be created to support students and faculty as are provided by commercial publishers. LibreTexts addresses this across a broad range of science and technology fields with a new reach into social science and liberal arts. LibreTexts design makes it simple for instructors to build their own courseware, either by mapping components created by others or writing their own. LibreTexts is working towards implementing a complete learning management system including testing software, homework systems guided by artificial intelligence, classroom response software and more to provide an open, online educational system suited to the students and faculty of today.

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educationeconomicscommerce
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MRS Advances , Volume 2 , Issue 31-32: Broader Impact , 2017 , pp. 1707 - 1712
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2017 

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