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Future of Education Roundtable including Under Secretary of Education/OER advocate

Started Sep 28

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Dispelling Open Textbook Myths at DET/CHE Conference

December 2, 2009 from 9am to 4:30pm – World Wide Web

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International Education Week November 16-20 http://iew.state.gov/

19 hours ago

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Dispelling Open Textbook Myths at DET/CHE Conference at World Wide Web

December 2, 2009 from 9am to 4:30pm

Dispelling Myths about Open Textbooks is the topic of a Lightning Round facilitated by CCOTC/CCCOER at the 2009 Conference of the Directors of Instructional Technology/California Higher Education: Moving Beyond the Horizon. This Virtual One Day C...

19 hours ago

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CCCOER Nominated for 2010 Bellwether Award sponsored by the Community College Futures Assembly

November 3

Minnesota University supports open access http://www.mndaily.com/2009/10/25/u-supportive-open-access-movement

October 26

Texas article on textbook prices http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=36625

October 26

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How to Adopt an Open Textbook at Web and Phone

October 15, 2009 from 1pm to 2:30pm

This 90 minute web session is part of the workshop being given in Detroit (see other Event announcement). Event times shown are Eastern; the start times in all U.S. time zones are: 10am Pacific Time 11am Mountain Time Noon Central Time 1pm Eastern...

October 13

Over 70 community college trustees attended a presentation on open textbooks in San Francisco yesterday.

October 9

Authors embrace open educational movement by David Cole at http://www.taaonline.net/

October 1

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Train the Trainer for Open Textbook Adoptions at Detroit Airport Westin Hotel

October 15, 2009 from 1pm to 5pm

Practical skill-building for encouraging adoptions of open educational resources including textbooks. The workshop focuses on finding, adapting, and using open resources (both online and printed), working with administrators, campus stores, and st...

September 30

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Future of Education Roundtable including Under Secretary of Education/OER advocate

Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education & OER advocate, participated in a roundtable discussion about the future of education at the Georgetown Campus of South Seattle Community College. Watch and listen to this session http://www.scctv.net/sc...

September 28

Video presentation: Open Source Education Model http://www.vimeo.com/channels/osscamp#6571202

September 19

Accessibility tools, news, and standards http://www.accessify.com/

September 13

Jacky Hood added a blog post

Beta testers of open textbook reviews needed

September 11

Comprehensive news article about open resources collaborative http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=1913

September 8

Jacky Hood replied to Dr Amit K Awasthi's discussion 'Book Recommended'

Michael, thanks for posting this thoughtful review of Engineering Mathematics and thanks for your formal review of A First Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Others with experience in Asia and North America, please comment on Michael'...

August 25

Spring peer reviews of open textbooks: Number of Reviews 29; Recommended 20 (69%); Not Recommended 7 (24%); Mixed 2 (7%)

August 25

Profile Information

How have you used open textbooks?: I stopped using a required textbook in my Business Skills class when I realized the price was hurting enrollment. Instead, I created my own content, recommended two books, and directed the class to useful web sites. This is, at best, awkward and confusing. Later I dropped a Spanish class because the textbook is $175. I am delighted to be directing CCOTP and CCCOER because they address these problems.

What is your website address?: http://www.bigtent.info

College, University, or Company: Foothill College

Role: Student, Instructor, Author, Staff, Other (be specific): Director, Open Textbook Project and Open Educational Resources Consortium

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CCCOER Nominated for 2010 Bellwether Award sponsored by the Community College Futures Assembly

The Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) has been nominated for the 2010 Bellwether Award in the Instructional Programs & Services category. The awards are for proven programs to narrow the achievement gap.

In my conversation with Phillip Morris, Community College Futures Assembly Program Director and Alumni Fellow, Educational Administration and Policy, College of Education, University of Florida, I learned that sustainability and transferability are high on… Continue

Posted on November 3, 2009 at 10:07am —

Beta testers of open textbook reviews needed

In the past few months, more than 30 open textbooks have been peer-reviewed by an outstanding group of professors, instructors, and other experts. Most of these reviewers exceeded our requirement that a reviewer have taught the subject for a minimum of one year at the college level. Many have taught for decades and several have doctorates and full professorships. The reviewers rated every chapter in each book on our 11 criteria and wrote summaries. Some even improved the open textbooks and most… Continue

Posted on September 11, 2009 at 11:57pm —

Textbook and Academic Authors Association open to membership and new chapters

The Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA) is a membership association dedicated solely to assisting textbook and academic authors. TAA's overall mission is to enhance the quality of textbooks and other academic materials, such as journal articles, monographs and scholarly books, in all fields and disciplines, by providing its textbook and academic author members with educational and networking opportunities.

TAA welcomes new members and chapters. To join see… Continue

Posted on June 5, 2009 at 2:30pm —

PBS Teachers website provides a wealth of resources for community college instructors

Although the website PBS (Public Broadcast System) Teachers, is designed for K-12, much of the outstanding course planning material and many of the rich text, video, and audio resources are well-suited to community college classes in arts, mathematics, science, and other fields. The site provides resources, professional development opportunities, and a discussion forum. An exciting new feature called Activity Packs can be posted to your page on a social… Continue

Posted on May 17, 2009 at 12:24am —

Yahoo has a special search for materials under Creative Commons license

Yahoo has a special search for materials under Creative Commons license: http://search.yahoo.com/cc

The search page offers two additional filters.
Find content I can use for commercial purposes.
Find content I can modify, adapt, or build upon

Posted on April 30, 2009 at 10:52am — 1 Comment

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At 4:24pm on August 17, 2009, Margie said…: Hi Jackie,
Thanks for the welcome. I actually think I'm registered here under two different email addresses, but I can't remember what the other email address was : )

Margie

At 5:37pm on July 21, 2009, Charles Lyle said…: Thanks so much.

At 6:54am on July 2, 2009, Kenneth Leroy Busbee said…: Jacky,

It was a very hectic 6 months creating the textbook, but it’s great to be an author. The next stage is getting feedback and improving the textbook. I chatted with Judy and see that you were copied on the email (dtd 3 June) about having my textbook reviewed. Would you please let me know the status of that item.

We are better organizing our efforts at Houston Community College and Lorah Gough will continue to be the CCCOER institution representative. I have recently accepted the one year appointment as the OER Coordinator, a part-time release faculty position to help champion the OER/OCW cause. I will be applying for a $100,000 grant at HCC that will be titled: OpenCourseWare Textbook Project. The purpose of the grant will be to create new or organize existing OER/OCW materials into electronic textbooks (we plan on using Connexions) that can be adopted for course use at HCC thus reducing student textbook costs. Our intentions would be to have completed textbooks be part of the CCOTP. A few questions for you:

1. Does the CCOTP pay an honorarium for those who review textbooks? If yes, how much? If no, would you solicit reviews if HCC paid the honorarium? How much do you think an honorarium should be?
2. We will want to concentrate on textbooks that add to the collection. In addition to what you already have on the CCOTP web site, do you know of any other textbooks that are currently being built? If yes, titles and the course that they are designed for would be useful.

I am looking forward to meeting you in person. Maybe at the 2010 Connexions Conference.

Ken

At 9:15pm on June 5, 2009, Nellie Deutsch said…: Jacky,

You will see your exact time zone once you join the event.

At 5:56pm on April 28, 2009, Brian Evans said…: Hi Jacky... I am getting more into this area now that I am on PDL and have more freedom with my time. Just getting my feet wet at this point but it appears to be an exciting time to join this revolution. Brian