# Office Hours: Multimedia in Open Textbooks

**URL:** <https://forum.rebus.community/t/office-hours-multimedia-in-open-textbooks/2586>\
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**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/office-hours-multimedia-in-open-textbooks/2586 "2020-02-20T17:02:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.rebus.community/t/office-hours-multimedia-in-open-textbooks/2586/1 "2020-02-20T17:02:07Z")

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**Topic:** Multimedia in Open Textbooks  
**When:** Thursday, 19 March 2020, 2 pm ET / 11 am PT / 6 pm UTC  
**Guest Speakers:**  **Naomi Salmon** (Instructional Consultant, University of Madison-Wisconsin), **Chelsea Green** (Associate Professor of Music, The American University in Cairo (AUC)), **Nadine Aboulmagd** (Senior Instructional Designer, Digital Education, The Center for Learning and Teaching, AUC), and **Josie Gray** (Advisor, Inclusive Design and OER Collections, BCcampus).

Even the oldest textbooks in existence used [illumination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript) to augment ideas, and many were designed to be interactive by leaving significant margins for students to take notes, annotate, and even [doodle](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/the-worlds-oldest-doodles/). Today, the ways in which we can engage students outside the written word are only growing. In this month’s Office Hours, our guests will share their experiences of creating open textbooks with audio, video, interactive activities and other media. We will address technical questions, how to ensure accessibility for all students, and how to not let a fun new toy distract from the core learning objectives.

Please RSVP in the form below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4QjVxwVZeTm-8uI-HfaRGdUwgGoz9Z4N5zFBysYDa8eQq8w/viewform?embedded=true

To join the call on the day of, please go to [https://zoom.us/j/850300057](https://zoom.us/j/850300057). Please note that the session will be recorded.