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Escape Reality: Reaching Your Students With Virtual Instruction And Fun (Presentation), Jenny Bruxvoort, Kate Wimer, Amanda Matthysse

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

Creating a virtual escape room might seem overwhelming, especially at first, but don't worry, you've got this! Focusing on instructional design from the beginning will give you a solid foundation and help you bring the project to life - you don't need any crazy tech skills to create an engaging, educational experience like this for your online students! In this session, we will share our experiences creating virtual escape rooms for first-year students at two different universities and give you our best tips and a structure for how to get started with your own.

Participants will:

• Understand the importance of …

Library Ebooks At George Fox University, Robin M. Ashford

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

Workshop presentation discussing how to find, access, and best utilize the variety of ebook platforms used here at George Fox University.

How To Make Core Textbooks More Affordable For Students: A Pitch From The Textbook Affordability Program At George Fox Library, Jenny Bruxvoort

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

A presentation to the faculty of GFU's new Cornerstone Core general education program, urging them to embrace our textbook affordability initiative.

Engaged Faculty, Student Success, And $1 Million In Savings, Robin M. Ashford, Gloria Doherty, Ryan Ingersoll

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

How did a small institution with limited seed funding get faculty buy-in with the OER and textbook affordability movement to the point of $1 million in student savings, two faculty-authored open textbooks (one written collaboratively with graduate students), and several open textbook reviews and adoptions, all within five semesters? OER momentum and awareness of textbook affordability issues is a growing concern in higher education. Learn how we structured an open textbook initiative to incentivize faculty and turn what began as an innovation grant into permanent sustainable funding for the Library Textbook Affordability Program.

Building A Sustainable Model For Developing Digital Fluency In Higher Education Faculty On A Shoestring Budget, Debra S. Espinor, Linda Samek, Robin M. Ashford, Anna A. Berardi Phd., Gloria Doherty

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

Building on experience with a campus digital fluency initiative, a sustainable professional development model has been developed that is transferable to mentoring the next generation of leaders in many areas in higher education. Data from four years of faculty development in digital fluency will be shared along with how to get buy-in from administration and motivation for faculty to change current teaching styles to incorporate more technology into existing pedagogy.

Digital Commons @ George Fox University: 3-Year Report, Alex Rolfe

Faculty Publications - George Fox University Libraries

A look at the use and content of our institutional repository three years in.