Driving Awareness, Adoptions, and Affordability

HOW REVOLUTIONARY ARE OPEN TEXTBOOKS? (webinar)

Event Details

Time: January 25, 2011 from 2pm to 3:15pm
Location: online
Website or Map: http://www.njedge.net
Event Type: webinar
Organized By: Ken Ronkowitz
Latest Activity: Jan 24, 2011

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an NJEDge.Net -EATF free Webinar, January 25,2011

Unlike commercial e-books, open textbooks are accessible online at no cost, very affordable as a print book, and are licensed to allow faculty to legally access and reformat copies of the text at no additional cost. The educational material inside open textbooks is similar to traditional texts - but the traditional models for adoption, sale by bookstores and repurposing are different enough to cause concern on college campuses.

How can faculty and instructional designers introduce open textbooks on campus and include the stakeholders so that this revolution is a quiet(er) and more productive one?

Presenter: Ken Ronkowitz

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Comment by Ken Ronkowitz on January 24, 2011 at 11:52am: I will post them after the event. It's a variation on earlier ones - this group is mostly instructional designers with some adjuncts in the mix.

Comment by Jacky Hood on January 22, 2011 at 1:23pm: Oops -- I just realized this is at 2pm Eastern time so I will not be able to attend -- I would definitely like to receive the archive or slides.