Teaching Oceania: Creating Pedagogical Resources for Undergraduates in Pacific Studies

Teaching Oceania is a free digital textbook series produced by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies with the support of the US Department of Education through a Title VI grant for area studies. This article describes the initial goals, target audiences, collaborative writing, and gradual development of the series for US and regional institutions teaching interdisciplinary Pacific studies courses to undergraduate students.