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Communities of practice, or mutually supporting groups organized around a common subject area, have the potential to increase the rate of adoption of Open Education Resources. College Open Textbooks sponsors a number of such communities. In this webinar, members of four communities will present their experience in driving adoption of OER. They will present lessons learned and look ahead to how these communities can be strengthened and increase their influence in the battle for…See More

Communities of practice, or mutually supporting groups organized around a common subject area, have the potential to increase the rate of adoption of Open Education Resources. College Open Textbooks sponsors a number of such communities. In this webinar, members of four communities will present their experience in driving adoption of OER. They will present lessons learned and look ahead to how these communities can be strengthened and increase their influence in the battle for…See More

Hi, I'm Charles Key, Sr. Manager for Adoptions at COT.  I would like to feature an Algebra text as the next featured book on the COT website, and would appreciate guidance from the Developmental Algebra community.I think it's important that the featured book be one that has been previously peer-reviewed on the COT site.  Looking at those, I have a list of three candidates, ordered by my preference:1. Elementary Algebra by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis (Rice Univ.) [CC BY]…See More