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Profile Information
- Academic/Professional Biography
- Executive Director - BCcampus.ca
- How have you used open textbooks?
- Researching the use of open business textbook segments in a graduate course I teach at the University of British Columbia called Ventures in Learning Technology.
The course is open, CC-licensed and is conducted using WordPress.
Link: http://etec522.linden.olt.ubc.ca/
- What is your website address?
- http://www.bccampus.ca
- Which college, university, company, or organization?
- BCcampus.ca - Simon Fraser University
- Role: Student, Instructor, Author, Staff, Other (be specific)
- CEO
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
Using Open Courseware to receive credit for learning documented in an e-portfolio
Posted by Una Daly on December 22, 2011 at 10:47am
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
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College Open Textbooks has a list of links to over 450 open textbooks and other open learning content at http://collegeopentextbooks.org/textbooks/textbooksbysubject.html Over 40 of these open textbooks have been peer-reviewed by community college educators. To see the reviews, go to http://collegeopentextbooks.org/reviews.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 any questions you might have about Open Textbooks.
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- Judy Baker, Dean at Foothill College