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Review the Peer-Reviewer Moodle Course: Recorded session 9/7/2010

Many thanks to the supporters who attended the "review the Peer Review of Open Textbooks: A Primer" conference call.   We discussed how to…

Started by Bill Buxton in Peer Reviews of Open Textbooks

0 Sep 8, 2010

Self-Sustainability for the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER)

In the September 30, 2009 and March 17, 2010 meetings of the CCCOER, many suggestions were forthcoming for securing legal status, funding,…

Started by Jacky Hood in Perspectives from Academic Leaders

2 Jul 24, 2010
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Promote Open Policies at Your College

In order to increase the use of open educational resources and open textbooks, educators need to promote institutional policies that encou…

Started by Judy Baker in Perspectives from Academic Leaders

0 Jul 17, 2010

Three Open Textbooks Score High Marks

Covering business communications, criminal justice, and science, three open textbooks received high marks in their peer review.  Frances Lo…

Started by Bill Buxton in Peer Reviews of Open Textbooks

0 Jun 10, 2010

Ab Kader Reviews "A First Course in Linear Algebra"

Ad Kader, PhD,  a part time faculty member at Notre Dame De Namur University, completed reviewing "A First Course in Linear Algebra" by Dr.…

Started by Bill Buxton in Recommend an Open Textbook for Review

0 May 26, 2010

Pelusa Orellana, Dean of Education, Reviews Education Open Textbooks

Started by Bill Buxton in Recommend an Open Textbook for Review

0 May 25, 2010

Erik Christensen, Physics Instructor, Reviews and Adopts Open Textbook

Erik Christensen, Professor of Physics, South Florida Community College reviewed "People's Physics", giving it a very high score.  Erik lik…

Started by Bill Buxton in Recommend an Open Textbook for Review

0 May 25, 2010

We still need a few good tweets! Deadline extended

We are still looking for a few good tweets on open textbooks! Just go to bit.ly/opentextbooktweet - we made it easy for you to do it online…

Started by Sharyn Fitzpatrick in Business Models for Textbooks

0 May 21, 2010

May 12: Webinar: IN SEARCH OF AFFORDABLE TEXTBOOKS: HOW “OPEN ACCESS” CAN REDUCE COSTS

Webinar: IN SEARCH OF AFFORDABLE TEXTBOOKS: HOW “OPEN ACCESS” CAN REDUCE COSTS When: Wednesday, May 12th, 10:00 AM (Pacific) / 1:00 PM (…

Started by Cable Green in Recommend an Open Textbook for Review

0 May 2, 2010

Temporary Redirect of Collegopentextbook.org

You may have have been redirected from collegeopentextbooks.org as a result of network issues.    Our hosting provider is working the issue…

Started by Bill Buxton in Recommend an Open Textbook for Review

0 Apr 25, 2010

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