College Open Textbooks Community - Driving Awareness and Adoptions

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Art History Group Meeting at Online Webinar

February 10, 2012 from 11am to 12:30pm

Come join us for the continuation of discussion about our two exciting projects! Whether your interest in Art is professional or personal or both, we welcome your ideas. If you cannot attend, please add comments to the event.See More

An event by Shadieh Mirmobiny was featured 2 hours ago

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Barbara Miller, Patricia Marrow, Nasreen Rahim and 4 more joined College Open Textbooks Community 4 hours ago

Art History Group Meeting at Online Webinar

February 10, 2012 from 11am to 12:30pm

Event posted by Shadieh Mirmobiny 4 hours ago

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The Advocate Trainer

Resources & cohorts for encouraging adoptions of open textbooks through campus advocacy & workshops. Our members are: Advocates for Open Textbooks and Trainers of future Advocates. See More

Nellie Deutsch joined Micheline's group yesterday

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Monica is now a member of College Open Textbooks Community yesterday

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Obama Plan Links College Aid With Affordability

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/education/obama-to-link-aid-for-colleges-to-affordability.html See More

Discussion posted by Bob Sawyer Sunday

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Steven Barkan and Kenneth Morrison Brown joined College Open Textbooks Community Sunday

Joel Backon and Jeff Novack joined College Open Textbooks Community Saturday

Flat World Knowledge Offers New Criminal Justice OER Textbook

Although criminal justice courses are popular and well-enrolled, especially in Community Colleges, there is a definite lack of OER resources in this area. My frustration with the cost of textbooks and dearth of criminal justice open resources inspired me to join the College Open Textbooks Community. It didn't take me long to notice Flat World Knowledge, one of the recognized publishers of college-level open textbooks. After checking the Flat World Knowledge catalog, I adopted one of their…See More

A blog post by Lisa Storm was featured Friday

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Mentor Cloud and Open Doors Group / College Open Textbooks Partner to Facilitate Sharing Best Practices

Mentor Cloud and Open Doors Group / College Open Textbooks Partner to Facilitate Sharing Best Practices New Community to Share Best Practices and Facilitate Mentoring in the Open Education Community Cupertino, CA, January 26, 2012 — In honor of National Mentoring Month and Thank Your Mentor Day, Mentor Cloud and Open Doors Group/College Open Textbooks announced today the availability of an education…See More

A blog post by Jacky Hood was featured Friday

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Business Communication Adopters

Danielle Budzick is manager of this group.See More

A group by Scott Rains was featured Friday

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Mentor Cloud and Open Doors Group / College Open Textbooks Partner to Facilitate Sharing Best Practices

Blog post by Jacky Hood Friday

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Indigenous People’s Reader

Jacqui Cain is leader of this group.See More

Jacqui Cain joined Scott Rains's group Thursday

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Jacqui Cain, Susan James and Denise Shafer joined College Open Textbooks Community Thursday

Flat World Knowledge Offers New Criminal Justice OER Textbook

Blog post by Lisa Storm Thursday

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Creative Commons Job Opportunities

Creative Commons is the organization that defines open licenses. The organization also has a grant from the Gates Foundation to provide infrastructure and tools for the Department of Labor TAACCCT grantees a comprehensive set of support and technical assistance.Job openings: http://creativecommons.org/opportunities See More

Jacky Hood added a discussion to the group Job postings Thursday

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Job postings

Post job opportunities here. If you want to get notices of job opportunities, join this group.To post an opportunity, add a Discussion.See More

Jacky Hood joined Bob Sawyer's group Thursday

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Tri-C's grant team is having their first meeting tonight!

Looking forward to starting our grant work this term! If you haven't checked out what we'll be doing - attached is our proposal!Thanks,DanielleSee More

Danielle Budzick added a discussion to the group Business Communication Adopters Thursday

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