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For professors and instructors at community colleges and other institutions who have adopted open textbooks and those who are considering adoption.

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Latest Activity: Aug 19, 2012

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The open books are usually quite interesting, still may be less convincing than the printed text ? 5 Replies

The open books are often "student-friendly" with wonderful illustrations and do have so many plus points, but psychologically the print of the text on paper is more convincing, even though…Continue

Started by Murli Manohar Verma. Last reply by Sherry Nouraini May 8, 2012.

Collaborative Statistics: Open Text Adoption at Bellingham Technical College 3 Replies

I have been using a custom version of Collaborative Statistics in my new Introduction to Statistics class at Bellingham Technical College since January. Students are definitely appreciative about the…Continue

Started by Vicky Moyle. Last reply by Barbara Illowsky Feb 24, 2011.

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Comment by Devendra Shah on March 25, 2011 at 9:37am: Interested in "Accounting"Interested in "Accounting"

Comment by David Porter on August 26, 2010 at 2:18pm: I've also put this question on Twitter...

Looking for references to schools, school systems or institutions basing their entire curricula on OERs and open textbooks, like Open High School of Utah?

If this is the wrong place to put this question, please suggest where it should go.

Thanks.

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Comment by Jacky Hood on May 14, 2010 at 2:13pm: Further to what Erik has written: It is good to capture a copy of the open textbook and put it into a Learning Management System, onto a webpage, or send to students as a PDF. This insures that students are all using the same version whether they read the book online or offline, print it, or order a bound copy. This is very important when using a one-textbook repository like the author's own site. The large repositories have versioning.

Comment by Erik Christensen on May 14, 2010 at 11:31am: Brittany - linking to the site is okay. But, if you use a course management system (CMS), it might be better to download the file(s) you want students to use and then post them directly on your CMS. Students will have a much easier time getting them that way. You could also just set up a Googlesite and post them their and give your students a link to one spot to get all the materials you have for them. Good luck!

Comment by Brittany Begley-Dennis on May 14, 2010 at 9:34am: New to Ning and Opentextbooking so forgive me if these are dumb questions or just direct me to the right spot! How do you cite your source? For instance if I wanted to use some opensource this quarter, parceled out, would just linking to the site be sufficient, do I put the info in my syllabus?

Comment by Brittany Begley-Dennis on May 14, 2010 at 9:25am: Erik- word of mouth is so far working great but 'customized' is helpful when talking to cohorts. Thank you!

Comment by Erik Christensen on May 14, 2010 at 8:23am: Brittany - word of mouth has worked best for me for publicity. But you can also promote your course by saying you are using a customized textbook. I also put the college logo and the course name and term on the cover of the open textbooks that I use. Good luck!

Comment by Brittany Begley-Dennis on May 14, 2010 at 8:20am: One of the things I struggle with is publicity! How to I get the word out about open textbook while avoiding saying NO BOOK! cHEAP! i realize that is what the students are looking for but it's not my ultimate goal?

Comment by Bob Yavits on May 9, 2010 at 9:06pm: I am hoping that we at Tompkins Cortland Community College will be adopting several open textbooks within one year.

Comment by Erik Christensen on May 7, 2010 at 7:07pm: I have been using an open textbook in my General Physics with Calculus class for the past three years. Both my students and I love it! Here is my story: http://tinyurl.com/28yz7cw