Cover of "Virology Lab Exercises for Undergraduates" by Eric Ryndock

PA-ADOPT is pleased to announce our 21st free and open eTextbook: "Virology Lab Exercises for Undergraduates" by Eric Ryndock, Associate Professor of Biology at @millersvilleuni.bsky.social paadopt.org/bookshelf/vi... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

Cover of "Alternatives to Agonism: Ethical Approaches to Argument in the Composition Classroom"

PA-ADOPT is pleased to announce our 20th free and open eTextbook: "Alternatives to Agonism: Ethical Approaches to Argument in the Composition Classroom" by Kristina Fennelly, Associate Professor of English at Kutztown University paadopt.org/bookshelf/al... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

Infographic on the chemistry of Guinness. It details how a mix of carbon dioxide and nitrogen is responsible for the bubbles, iso-alpha-acids are responsible for bitterness, and melanoidins are responsible for the beer's dark colour.

Happy #StPatricksDay! ☘️

If you’ve ever wondered why the bubbles in Guinness appear to fall instead on rising, or what gives the beer its dark colour, check out this edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/articles/93/...

AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule A lower court previously said that “human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright.”

www.theverge.com/policy/88767... #AI #EdTech

Infographic titled “The 2026 Winter Olympics medals” shows gold, silver and bronze medals with ribbons. Gold medal value is $1,938 / £1,437 and is 500 g silver with 6 g gold plating. Silver medal value is $1,003 / £744 and is 500 g of 99.9% silver. Bronze medal value is $5.13 / £3.81 and is 420 g copper. Text notes medals use recycled metals from the Italian State Mint and have protective coatings.

As the Winter Olympics draw to a close, what are the medals that the top athletes will be taking home made of? This graphic takes a look and also highlights the values of each medal: www.compoundchem.com/2026/02/22/w...

#ChemSky 🧪

Penn’s ENIAC, the world’s first electronic computer, turns 80 | Penn Today Housed in the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School Building, ENIAC—the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose computer—launched in 1946. ENIAC’s ability to be reprogrammed to solve a wid...

Happy 80th to the machine that started it all -
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Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...

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

Cover of Mycology Laboratory Manual

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

Cover of Introduction to Technical Writing: A Rhetorical Approach

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 Cam Grey (Classics) and Joshua Mosley (Design), who were skeptical of AI's role in learning, discuss what they learned in CETLI's year-long seminar, Using AI Effectively in Your Teaching.

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

Download it at paadopt.org/bookshelf/mi... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

Cover of Mi Voz. Mi Historia. Español Para Estudiantes de Herencia

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

Download it at paadopt.org/bookshelf/de... #HigherEd #OER #EduSky #AcademicSky

Cover of Developmental Biology Laboratory: Experiments in Classical and Experimental Embryology

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

Cover of Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Booklet by Martilias Farrell

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

Cover of General Biology Laboratory Booklet by Martilias Farrell

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

Cover of Making Meaning With & Through Writing: An Approach to Research Writing by Ilknur Sancak-Marusa

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

Cover of Laboratory Manual: General Chemistry II Honors by Adedoyin Adeyiga

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

Cover of Programming with Java by Ashik Ahmed Bhuiyan and Md Amiruzzaman

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
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Catalyst curates journal on AI in education The latest issue of Social Innovations Journal is an outgrowth of the center for global education innovation’s expertise and mission, capitalizing on their deep network of researchers, practitioners,

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

Infographic on the smoke recipes used at the Papal Conclave. Historically, the conclave generated black smoke by burning tar or pitch with the ballots. Today, they use a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene and sulfur. In the past, the conclave added wet straw to the burning ballots to generate white smoke. Today, they use a mixture of potassium chlorate, lactose and rosin (pine tree resin).

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 advance biology research | UDaily Malek Elsayyid is UD's first student to complete the Lerner College's Generative AI for Business graduate certificate program

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

Skype is finally shutting down Skype is dead. Long live Teams.

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

Teaching students to navigate a world with AI As generative artificial intelligence models, including ChatGPT, change what students are expected to know as they enter the workforce, faculty members share how they're rethinking traditional approac...

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 | Penn Today Instructors at Penn are engaging students beyond the traditional essay format or exam.

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

Untangling Copyright, Publication, and the Public Domain According to the Copyright Act of 1909, a work enters the public domain 95 years after it was published. But what does "published" mean? That’s a more complicated question than you might think.

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

Cover of Introduction to Data Science Using Python by Afrand Agah

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

Cover of Basic Statistics Using R for Crime Analysis by Jaeyong Choi

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