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Participation in professional meetings?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jacky Hood Nov 17, 2009.

Math for liberal arts major text
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Judy Baker Sep 3, 2009.

Bookstore issues
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Participation in professional meetings?

Are there any plans with the CCOTP to start having a "vendor" booth at some of the professional faculty meetings? I just got back from the AMATYC (2-year college math) conference. Barbara Illowsky gave a nice session on open textbooks, but it would have been cool to have seen a booth with some hard copies of open textbooks for people to look through.

Nov 15, 2009

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Participation in professional meetings?

Nov 14, 2009

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Perspectives on Open Textbooks from Two WA Faculty Authors at Elluminate: use website link for access

November 18, 2009 from 3pm to 4:30pm

Wednesday, November 18, 3pm PACIFIC TIMEPart 1: “Open Textbooks from an Author's Perspective” (30 min)Abstract: What motivates someone to write an open textbook? How much of the editorial and production process is within reach of an individual? How is the experience different from writing a traditional textbook? What is different about teaching from an open textbook? I will answer these questions with examples from my experiences writing and publishing a mathematics textbook, "A First Course in…See More

Nov 14, 2009

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Math for liberal arts major text

I'm happy to announce the first edition release of a "survey of math" textbook appropriate for college level math courses targeted towards liberal arts majors, sometimes titled "Contemporary Mathematics" or "Math in Society". In the Washington state community college system, this course has a common course number of Math& 107.This text was designed to be fairly compatible with the two "major players" in this market: For all Practical Purposes (COMAP) and Excursions in Modern Math…See More

Sep 3, 2009

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Judy Baker replied to David Lippman's discussion Bookstore issues

"Yes, the issue of no-return policies by print-on-demand vendors presents a challenge and you have made an interesting suggestion. But before adding middleman to the whole open textbook adoption/dissemination process, I like us to first figure out a…"

Aug 28, 2009

Judy Baker replied to David Lippman's discussion Best way to get new open texts?

"Please consider posting a link to your math exercise sets in MERLOT. Find out how by visiting their site at http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm. As a MERLOT Member, (free) you can: Contribute learning materials, Create a personal collection,…"

Aug 28, 2009

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Bookstore issues

I posed this question as a reply to an earlier discussion, but think this might warrant its own discussion.How do people using open texts negotiate things with your bookstores? My bookstore is willing to have the books run off loose-leaf at our print shop and sell them, but when I proposed buying them through Lulu.com or Qoop to get a better quality product (at a cheaper price) they didn't seem to like that idea since they can't return unsold books. Basically, they said they'd charge our…See More

Aug 26, 2009

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Best way to get new open texts?

I have been reviewing the open math textbooks out there (thanks for compiling a great list), and have found that while there are several great ones out there, like Collaborative Stats and the Burzynski books, many open texts are not printable, either by design or by license. I don't think my students are ready for online-only texts. So that brings me to my point :)How do we get quality, complete, printable open texts where they don't currently exist? Is the best solution to:1) Convince authors…See More

Mar 25, 2009

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At 12:22pm on May 11, 2010, Una Daly said…: Hi David,
Hope you are well ... thanks again for sharing your open textbook experience at the workshop ... it was much appreciated by the participants and me. We have just started a new group for adopters on this Ning and it would be great if you could join since questions are coming up from faculty who are new to this process and even though you are an author -- you also have lots of experience as a faculty who uses an open textbook.

Also, we're about to start accessibility reviews of open textbooks and I'd like to include your book in the list but we don't yet have a peer-review which is one of our suggested requirements to be on the accessibility list. Vicky Moyle from Bellingham indicated that she is going to adopt your book. I will ask her about the possibility of doing a peer-review that we can post later but do you know anyone who has already done a review of your book so I can be sure to add your book to the list. As an author of a book on the accessibility list, you will get information customized to your book on how to make it more accessible, etc.

Best,
Una