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Dr Paul Dale, Interim President, PVCC

Here at CCOTP, we are delighted to have permission to reprint the following quote from Dr. Paul Dale, Interim President at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, on the benefits of open educational resources: May 5, 2009 What's on...

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At 4:39pm on June 22, 2009, Iftekhar Sayeed said…: The pleasure is entirely mine, I assure you! What a treasure trove you have gathered here!

At 7:00pm on June 11, 2009, Bob Livingston said…: I'll do that. Thanks for the welcome.

At 1:09pm on June 4, 2009, Marcie Bowerman said…: Oh, one more thing......
I'm considering applying for the Education Program Manager (EPM-KIT) at Benetech. Do you know anyone internally that I could speak to in advance of applying?
Many thanks,
Marcie

At 1:00pm on June 4, 2009, Marcie Bowerman said…: Thanks Alyson! BTW, I exchanged an email with Jacky Hood, so I'm beginning to get oriented to this terrific project.
I'm a big supporter of open software, why not open textbooks??!!
Marcie

At 6:20am on May 27, 2009, Kim Pawlak said…: Thank you Alyson! I'm looking forward to learning more about the Open Textbook Project.

At 7:02am on May 19, 2009, donald f. connelly said…: Alyson:
Our writing project continues to get delayed as we recruit the writing team who will have the skills needed.

More later--
Don Connelly

At 4:11pm on May 1, 2009, Lindy Pickard said…: Hi Alyson, welcome, look forward to working with you.
Lindy

At 2:03pm on May 1, 2009, Kevin H said…: Hi, thanks for the welcome.

At 6:07pm on April 28, 2009, Brian Evans said…: Hi Alyson. Thanks for the welcome.
I see you are in Los Altos... where and what do you teach?
Cheers,
Brian

At 4:30pm on April 24, 2009, donald f. connelly said…: Alyson:

This format to publishing a brand new experience for me. My attempt is to reach the community college market via an open textbook approach. Previous publishing includes self-publishing a secondary manuscript that was later published by Delmar Publisher, Inc.(Delmar Learning which is a division of Thomson Learning)

What is your area of experitise?

Don Connelly

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Exploring Open Educational Resources

Exploring Open Educational Resources (OER) and how we can make them work for us.

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Wayne Mackintosh
Founder of Wikieducator and elected member of the WikiEducator Community Council
Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago, Polytechnic, New Zealand

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ABSTRACT
The Internet provides unique opportunities for educators to access, use, modify, and share educ… Continue

Posted on June 15, 2009 at 4:43pm —

Bookshare News

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) April 29, 2009 -- In an effort to improve the availability and quantity of digital accessible educational books, textbooks and trade books, Bookshare, the world's largest online accessible library for individuals with print disabilities, today announced partnerships with leading U.S. trade and K-12 publishers.

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Posted on May 15, 2009 at 10:30am —

Gov. Schwarzenegger Launches First-in-Nation Initiative to Develop Free Digital Textbooks for High School Students

The Office of the Governor announced Wednesday an initiative to bring open textbooks to California high schools:

"'As California’s budget crisis continues we must find such innovative ways to save money and improve services,' said Governor Schwarzenegger. 'California was built on innovation and I’m proud of our state’s continued leadership in developing education technology. This first-in-the-nation initiative will reduce education costs, help encourage collaboration among school districts and… Continue

Posted on May 8, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

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