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Carol Orr
- Lakewood, WA
- United States
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Profile Information
- Academic/Professional Biography
- Over 10 years experience in eLearning as an instructor and a technology specialist.
- How have you used open textbooks?
- I used them as an instructor in Emergency Management.
- Which college, university, company, or organization?
- Clover Park Technical College
- Role: Student, Instructor, Author, Staff, Other (be specific)
- eLearning Support Coordinator
Blog Posts
Academia and the MOOC
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on April 17, 2013 at 5:01pm — 5 Comments
Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
Posted by Open Doors Group on May 18, 2013 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment
Hewlett Awards Open Textbook Grant
Posted by Judy Baker on August 23, 2009 at 8:07pm
Foothill College Instructor Brian Evans Completes Open Textbook Cost Study
Posted by rod kirk on April 7, 2010 at 4:30pm — 8 Comments
Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess -- Call for Proposals
Posted by Ann Agee on May 20, 2013 at 12:15pm
OER Grant Reviewers Needed ASAP
Posted by Judy Baker on August 6, 2010 at 12:14pm — 1 Comment
Open Course Library - Washington State Community Colleges
Posted by rod kirk on April 3, 2010 at 1:30pm
Quick Start to Open Textbook Adoption
Posted by Judy Baker on December 25, 2008 at 9:00am
Distributed Learning
Posted by Sam Norwich on March 12, 2010 at 11:45am — 1 Comment
Coursera Collaborating with Publishers to Bring More Affordable, Accessible Educational Resources
Posted by Ken Ronkowitz on May 9, 2013 at 3:41pm
Tools to Improve Students' Online Reading
Posted by Judy Baker on September 14, 2009 at 9:23pm
Open Education Resources - Free Math Textbooks
Posted by Geoff Cain on January 13, 2011 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment
Open Access Library
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on February 20, 2013 at 4:24pm
OER News and Announcements
Posted by Judy Baker on September 16, 2009 at 12:32pm
WordPress and Pressbooks for Open Textbook Authoring
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on February 9, 2012 at 10:33am
Innovators Dilemma author and Disruptive Technologies Guru Clayton Christensen looks at higher ed
Posted by Open Doors Group on February 23, 2013 at 8:00am
Open Education Position Available at Saylor Foundation's San Francisco office
Posted by Jacky Hood on December 11, 2012 at 10:00pm
Researching the Impact of Open Textbooks on Student Outcomes
Posted by Clare Middleton-Detzner on April 5, 2010 at 6:14pm — 5 Comments
Peer Production and Co-Production: A New Approach to Solving Common Problems Together
Posted by Blaine Victor Morrow on June 8, 2012 at 1:05pm
Bookboon
Posted by Christopher Gilbert on October 2, 2011 at 8:53am — 1 Comment
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Hi Carol,
We are very pleased to have you join our COT community!
Welcome to the networking space for College Open Textbooks. Feel free to browse, comment, seek help, and contribute in any way you like. Help us promote open textbooks! As a community, we are driving the awareness and adoption of open textbooks. You can visit the 'Groups' tab to expand your community.
College Open Textbooks has a list of links to over 550 open textbooks and other open learning content at http://collegeopentextbooks.org/opentextbookcontent/open-textbooks-by-subject.html Over 100 of these open textbooks have been peer-reviewed by community college educators. To see the reviews, go to http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/opentextbookcontent/thereviews.html
We also have some additional resources for you if you need them. Visit our website: http://collegeopentextbooks.org and Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources. There is a great FAQs section at http://oerconsortium.org/open-textbook-faqs which will start to answer many questions you might have about Open Textbooks.
Regards,
Micheline Isaac
Project contractor, College Open Textbooks