Athabasca University Press has launched a new publishing imprint that expands on the university's commitment to open access.
Remix publishes open educational resources (OER) written or adapted by Athabasca University (AU) faculty for use in the university's courses. The new imprint is part of the university's learning resource strategy.
Remix benefits from the publishing expertise of AU Press, which was founded in 2007. Remix titles are published under a Creative Commons licence and will be freely available from AU Press's website and through OER repositories. Remix publications differ from traditional university press titles as they do not go through standard peer review.
Remix launches with an initial three open access titles by AU academics:
- Read, Think, Write: Writing in University by academic coordinator Adien Dubbelboer and tutor Pam Chamberlain of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Introduction to Computer Programming with Python by Dr. Hongxue (Harris) Wang, an associate professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology
- Critical Thinking, Logic, and Argumentation by Dr. Eric Dayton of the University of Saskatchewan and Dr. Kristin Rodier, an associate professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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"Remix builds on Athabasca University's commitment to excellence, open access, and knowledge dissemination, and showcases AU Press's innovative approaches to digital publishing."
Kathy Killoh, interim director of AU Press.
"Academics put so much work into developing our teaching materials. Having something where you can take the chapters that you need and look elsewhere for other chapters is extremely useful from an instructor's perspective."
Dr. Kristin Rodier, associate professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
