Welcome! About Us

Hello! We appreciate your interest in publishing open textbooks. We are a community that wants to support you with resources, guidance and inspiration. We are excited to get started with you. 

Open Education Network Community

The Open Education Network (OEN) is a vibrant and supportive community that advances the use of open educational resources and practices. Community members benefit from and contribute to the global open education ecosystem. 

There are seven guiding principles that inform the OEN's actions:

  1. The Common Good: We are working for the common good of our communities. The results of our collective efforts belong to all of us. We have a mutual responsibility for stewardship of resources we create together in order to preserve and improve them for future generations. We welcome others who share our vision of the common good.

  2. Equity: We have a collective responsibility to build systems that will foster a more equitable future.

  3. Inclusivity: We believe that a diverse and inclusive community is the best way to ensure informed, just, and effective community decisions and actions.

  4. Action: We are an action-oriented organization advancing and championing ideas that will have a lasting benefit for the students, faculty, and staff of academic institutions and the future of learning.

  5. Humanity: We are not merely consumers—we are human beings. As colleagues, community members, citizens, and experts in our own lived experiences, we treat every individual with dignity and respect. We act honestly, truthfully, fairly, and with integrity in all our dealings.

  6. Integrity: We are accountable, transparent, and ethical. Decisions that impact the OEN are made through OEN community engagement.

  7. Shared Abundance: We believe that nothing should stand in the way of learning. Our collective knowledge exists in abundance. We are committed to using this abundance for the benefit of all.

We hope that these principles resonate as you make your way through the Pub101 experience, whether it's with a cohort or on your own.