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Doug Holton is now a member of College Open Textbooks Community

May 30, 2010

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Academic/Professional Biography: Assistant professor of instructional technology

How have you used open textbooks?: Yes, and I've had students create openly licensed 'knowledge-bases' for courses

What is your website address?: http://edtechdev.wordpress.com/

Which college, university, company, or organization?: Utah State University

Role: Student, Instructor, Author, Staff, Other (be specific): Assistant Professor

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At 11:42pm on July 21, 2010, Liz Yang Tadman said…: Hi Doug,

Saw you and your students have created open course materials. How wonderful. Please do share more of your experience there.

Regards,
Liz Yang Tadman

At 11:33pm on July 21, 2010, Liz Yang Tadman said…: Hi Doug,

We are very pleased to have you join us. Your view as a college professor will give us additional insights into what open textbooks work in your environment and why. Please share your opinion and insights with this group.

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 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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