Amigos Discount Direct Vendor Pressbooks is inviting members to learn what it takes to bring 85 authors from around the globe together to create a single open educational resource. Join us on June 10, 2026, from 10:00–11:00 AM EDT for the next Pressbooks Around the World webinar: Collaborative Publishing Across Borders.
This session dives into the story behind the title Digital Resilience of ePortfolios During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Future - a 43-chapter, openly licensed publication built by contributors spanning institutions, countries, and educational contexts.
Panelists Norman Vaughan (Mount Royal University) and Mpho-Entle Puleng Modise (University of South Africa) will take us behind the scenes on:
- How the international collaboration came together
- Managing contributors across time zones and institutional cultures
- The role Pressbooks played in the editorial and publishing workflow
- Lessons learned for future large-scale OER projects
All registrants will receive the webinar recording. To learn more about Pressbooks or the Amigos Discount Direct Program, contact mds@amigos.org .