As of Jan 1., works in the public domain in the U.S. now include: The Maltese Falcon, first 4 Nancy Drew books, Betty Boop, Disney's Rover (Pluto), All's Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Crackers, Murder! (Hitchcock), I've Got Rhythm, Georgia on My Mind, and more web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

Same old same old with LMS market share: Canvas and D2L up, Blackboard, Moodle and Sakai down. edutechnica.com/2025/10/25/1... #HigherEd #EdTech #AcademicSky #EduSky

The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce our 19th free and open eTextbook: "Mycology Laboratory Manual" by Laura Ramos-Sepulveda, Professor of Biology at @millersvilleuni.bsky.social paadopt.org/bookshelf/my... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce our 18th free and open eTextbook: "Introduction to Technical Writing: A Rhetorical Approach" by Moe Folk, Professor of English at Kutztown Univ. paadopt.org/bookshelf/in... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

Doubt & Dialogue: What Happens When Faculty Explore AI Together #AI #HigherEd #EdTech cetli.upenn.edu/news-feature...

The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce the immediate availability our 17th free and open eTextbook: "Mi Voz. Mi Historia. Español para Estudiantes de Herencia" by Carolina Moctezuma, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages at Kutztown University

PA-ADOPT is pleased to announce it's 16th free and open eTextbook: "Developmental Biology Laboratory: Experiments in Classical and Experimental Embryology" by Judith A. Cebra-Thomas, Assoc. Prof. of Biology @millersvilleuni.bsky.social and Matthew E. Smith, Graduate Student @udelaware.bsky.social

The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce our 15th free/open eTextbook: "Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Booklet" by Martilias Farrell, Visiting Prof. of Biology at Cheyney Univ. paadopt.org/bookshelf/hu... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce our 14th free and open eTextbook: "General Biology Laboratory Booklet" by Martilias Farrell, Visiting Professor of Biology at Cheyney University paadopt.org/bookshelf/ge... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

PA-ADOPT is pleased to announce our 13th free and open eTextbook: "Making Meaning With & Through Writing: An Approach to Research Writing" by Ilknur Sancak-Marusa, Assistant Professor of English at West Chester University paadopt.org/bookshelf/ma... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce our 12th free and open eTextbook: "Laboratory Manual: General Chemistry II Honors" by Adedoyin Adeyiga, Professor of Chemistry at Cheyney Univ. paadopt.org/bookshelf/la... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

The eleventh free and open eTextbook from the Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is "Programming with Java" by Ashik Ahmed Bhuiyan and Md Amiruzzaman, Assistant Professors of Computer Science at West Chester Univ. paadopt.org/bookshelf/pr... #HigherEd #OER #DEI #EdTech

My latest TLC blog post is about the current state of the Digital Divide, taking it into consideration during course design, and resources that can help to address it wcu-tlc.org/instructiona... #HigherEd #EdTech #DigitalDivide

Latest journal issue is dedicated to the future of #AI in education www.gse.upenn.edu/news/catalys... #HigherEd #EdTech

Eyes are on the Vatican this week for the selection of a new Pope 💭 Specific recipes are used for the black and white smoke released to indicate the result of conclave voting – here's a look at the chemicals involved: wp.me/p4aPLT-8St #ChemSky 🧪

Using #AI to analyze cell images www.udel.edu/udaily/2025/... #HigherEd #EdTech

It's the end of an era. mashable.com/article/micr... #EdTech #OnlineLearning

Faculty at @virginiatech.bsky.social share how they're integrating AI into their courses and teaching students how to use it ethically #HigherEd #AI news.vt.edu/articles/202...

How Penn faculty are innovating their assignments penntoday.upenn.edu/news/how-pen... #HigherEd

An in-depth look at what "published" means www.library.upenn.edu/news/publica... #OER

For #OpenEdWeek I'm featuring books by faculty in the Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT). Today's is "Introduction to Data Science Using Python" by Afrand Agah from West Chester University paadopt.org/bookshelf/in... #HigherEd #OEWeek25 #OER

For #OpenEdWeek I'm featuring books by faculty in the Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT). Today's is "Basic Statistics Using R for Crime Analysis" by Jaeyong Choi from West Chester University paadopt.org/bookshelf/ba... #HigherEd #OEWeek25 #OER

For #OpenEdWeek I'm featuring books by faculty in the Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT). Today's is "Building User Interfaces for Modern Web Applications: React Programming" by Cheer-Sun Yang from West Chester University paadopt.org/bookshelf/bu... #OEWeek25 #OER

For #OpenEdWeek I'm featuring books created by faculty in the Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT). Today's is "Intro to Journalism Handbook" by Michael Downing from Kutztown University paadopt.org/bookshelf/in... #HigherEd #OEWeek25 #OER

I've known several faculty who like to show all/parts of feature movies in their courses for a wide variety of reasons, but making them available to students both legally and at no/low cost can be challenging. Kudos to Warner Bros. for trying something different. fictionhorizon.com/warner-bros-...

Some people who use ad blockers are reporting hour-long ads when trying to view YouTube videos - Google has responded by saying ad blocking software violates their terms of service. www.androidauthority.com/youtube-long... #EdTech #eLearning

I'm for anything that can create video subtitles quickly, easily, and (most importantly) accurately. Like VLC itself, I hope it's free when released. #EdTech #eLearning #AI www.theverge.com/2025/1/9/243...

The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our tenth free and open eTextbook: "A Guide to Composition" by Sandra Leonard, Assoc. Professor of English at Kutztown Univ. paadopt.org/bookshelf/a-... #HigherEd #OER #DEI #EdTech

A new year means new content in the public domain! Works no longer bound by U.S. copyright law include Popeye, Rhapsody in Blue, Singin' in the Rain (song), A Farewell to Arms, and The Cocoanuts (first Marx Brothers movie). Comprehensive list at web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd... #OER #eLearning

First post! I look forward to exploring this platform and reconnecting with my friends and the greater education community.