petersuber, The prez of West Texas A&M Uni has a confusing proposal for a "textbook-free campus".
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2023/08/29/west-texas-am-says-it-wont-charge-textbooks-nextHe clarified that he means "textbook-free, not free textbooks." Hence #OpenTextbooks (#OER) won't satisfy him. But he encourages OER as if they would.
Faculty criticized him for “encouraging [them] to invest significant time” in creating “#OpenAccess materials" (OER) rather than using or improving materials from publishers.
His response? Use #AI.
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