Category: Champions of Open

Since 2015, I have not asked students to purchase textbooks. I use open educational resources in these courses: (1) POS2041 American National Government, (2) POS4074 Latino Politics, (3) INR4085 Women, Gender, and Globalization, and (4) INR4076 Global Drug Policy – and any other course I teach.

Describe your open educational resources and/or practices: I use the Krutz & Waskiewicz (2019) resource called American Government 2e published by OpenStax, which is available online. In many ways the book contains all the material of a traditional textbook but with the added benefit that it can be easily edited, the chapters rearranged and/or, reordered, …

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Because of the rapidly changing development on HIV/AIDS epidemics, prevention and treatment, I have used various government official resources and credible academic and professional websites to provide updated trends, statistics, news, and information to educate my students about various issues critical to HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, and treatment.

I found that many students in my GEP American History (AMH2020) course were not buying the textbook, instead opting to buy textbooks in their majors. In 2016, I adopted an open educational resource in the form of an e-textbook, U.S. History, available through OpenStax. Students can download the whole book or chapter-by-chapter in my online class section.