OER and Open Textbook Projects at UNT
About This Session
A panel of UNT faculty will discuss their university-sponsored OER and open textbook projects. We'll consider how these projects were conceived, created, and implemented in the classroom and what the outcomes, benefits, and drawbacks might be.
References & Acknowledgements
UNT Open Books (hosted open textbooks by UNT authors)
Archived Files
Moderator
John Edward Martin
- Director of Scholarly Communication
John Edward Martin (UNT) is the Director of Scholarly Communication at the UNT Libraries in Denton, TX. He administers the Libraries open publishing platforms, OER and open textbook grant programs and project support, their scholarly impact and data management planning services, and general scholarly communication outreach and educational programming.
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Suliman Hawamdeh
- Regents Professor of Information Sciences
Suliman Hawamdeh is a Regents Professor in the Department of Information Science, College of Information, University of North Texas. He is a leading authority in the field of knowledge management and the editor in chief of the Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM).
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Priscilla Connors
- Associate Professor, College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism
Dr. Priscilla Connors, Associate Professor in the College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism, is designing a module for her online nutrition class that incorporates ChatGPT as a learning tool where students evaluate the accuracy of essays written by the chatbot.
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Sarah Ryan
- Director of the Law Librarianship Program and Associate Professor of Information Science
Sarah Ryan is Director of the Law Librarianship program and Associate Professor of Information Science at UNT. She is an attorney admitted to practice in Connecticut, specializing in veterans' law. She holds a PhD in Rhetorical Criticism and master's degrees in Library Science and Interpersonal Communication from Texas Woman's University and Ohio University.
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Jae Webb
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Management
Dr. Jae Webb is an interdisciplinary scholar who came to UNT in 2017. He teaches in the Management Department of the Ryan College of Business with a focus on organizational behavior and business ethics.
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Junhua Ding
- Reinberg Endowed Professor of Information Science
Junhua Ding is the Reinburg Endowed Professor in Data Science and the Director of the graduate data science program at the department of information science. He is a productive researcher in software engineering, machine learning, data analytics, software security and information privacy.
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