Transforming education through open

"The Open Publishing Projects Certificate is the lighthouse that gets you through those dark moments of feeling stuck and not knowing what to do next in the publishing process."

Yvonne Anthony Framinghouse State University

I applaud The Rebus Foundation and its mission in developing a collaborative model for producing and scaling high quality, open educational resources (specifically textbooks). Rebus' attention and groundbreaking contributions create more educational access and equity for students and gives them more opportunities to take more classes, be more successful, and complete their educational goals faster. My experience working with the Rebus Community has been fantastic from start to finish! Project managers paid great attention to detail, checked in with me on a regular basis, and were extremely responsive to my questions, concerns, and timeline. Contributors from all over the U.S. and Canada volunteered their time to add quality, expertise, suggestions, and constructive criticism. When completed, the College Success OER textbooks I was curating and developing will have gone through two rigorous rounds of peer review, an accessibility review, and development of an index and glossary. I cannot thank Rebus enough. It has truly been a tremendous experience working with them and I appreciate all of their assistance.

Dave Dillon Professor of Counseling, Grossmont College

Rebus Community has been central to our ability to have worldwide participation in our textbook project. As well they had the ability to find reviewers for us that we would not have been able to find through our own channels. Their role has been crucial to the ongoing success of our project.

Ann Ludbrook Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian, Ryerson University

If you want your open access material to be more than just a resource for your specific class, then the [Open Publishing Projects Certificate] will give you the skills to move beyond your classroom. Some of the material seems daunting but the end result of our efforts will now be much better after going through this program. Also, all open access texts will benefit from the higher quality of material that this program promotes. The cross-disciplinary nature of our cohort helped make us realize that we are all in this together to improve education.

Virginia Sisson Instructional Professor of Geology, Director of Summer Field Geology, Co-director of Geoscience Learning Center, University of Houston

The [Open Publishing Projects Certificate] is a fantastic way for individuals and teams to learn about the process of creating, sharing, and improving instructional materials. Information about book-production and distribution is helpful to both novice and experienced writers, editors, adopters, and adapters of educational resources. Thanks for sharing a collaborative community of educational practice with us!

Michael Polgar Associate Professor of Sociology, Penn State Hazleton, Pennsylvania State University