From Burden to Breakthrough: Rapid and Collaborative Open Textbook Creation

This interactive session will invite audiences to critically think about their use and perception of course materials as presenters explore open educational resources (OER), writing sprints, and collaborative authorship through the experiences of the 2025-26 VIVA Rapid Publishing Program. This approach incorporates institutional support-including week-long in-person facilitation, instructional design, copyright and publishing expertise, and hospitality-in an effort to leverage the benefits of collaboration and reduce faculty burdens for authoring OER. Through the guidance of panelists, attendees will begin to explore what course materials actually benefit them and their students and potential avenues of support to reach those ideals.