Open Educational Resources

Mission

The Texas Tech University Libraries Open Educational Resources (OER) Office promotes a successful learning environment by educating the university community on the benefits of open educational resource adoption in higher education.

Vision

The Texas Tech University Libraries Open Educational Resources (OER) Office will serve as an advocate for student success and work to reduce the cost of learning materials in the Texas Tech University System.

We will...

Advocate for the usage of OER or other low-to-no-cost options when faculty are selecting materials for courses.
Collaborate with various campus departments and organizations to encourage open conversations around textbook affordability.
Educate the campus community on the benefits of OER usage in classrooms and the impact that these cost savings can have on TTU students.

RAIDER Digital Publishing

RAIDER Digital Publishing aims to publish textbooks and educational resources created by TTU faculty to be used in TTU classrooms. Interested in creating OER? Explore our PressbooksEDU platform to see what other authors have done! For questions about RAIDER Publishing, you can contact our OER Lead Administrator, Austin Moyers.

Here are some examples of OER textbooks written by our faculty that can be found in Pressbooks:

In Your Eyes: Communicating in Close Relationships

Sydney Brammer; Ryan Martinez; and Narissra Punyanunt-Carter
A Survey of Wind Literature from 1551-2022

Lisa Tatum
Core Principles of Strategic Marketing

Babu John-Mariadoss
Family Policy in Focus

Harnessing the Power of Practical Reasoning for Effective Advocacy and Change
Cynthia L. Miller
Meet the Dance Makers: Profiles of Creativity, Innovation, & Tradition

Ali Duffy; Student Authors