College Open Textbooks Community
Driving Awareness, Adoptions, and Affordability
February 2011 Blog Posts (5)
Criteria for selecting an open textbook - What is your top choice?
As an extension of a discussion we are having online in the P2PU course about criteria for selecting an open textbook, I have a list on my website made up of items suggested by faculty.
I added a poll just now to select the "top" criterion. I'm sure the poll will not get a large response in the next few weeks, but perhaps members here will respond to it and send the link to colleagues and we can get a sense of perceived importance.
List and poll link…
Added by Ken Ronkowitz on February 24, 2011 at 9:30am — 1 Comment
WritingCommons.Com (Free Writing Textbook)
Making steady, albeit slow, progress on WritingCommons.Com (Free Writing Textbook).
Recent progress includes development of the editorial board (see http://writingcommons.com/home/editorial-board )
Still have significant design work ahead, and I've got to figure out work flow with peer review features...Speed has been somewhat fixed....
But I'm tracking about 50 folks a day w/o any…
ContinueAdded by Joe Moxley on February 19, 2011 at 10:30am — 2 Comments
Student Research: Can Googling Replace $168 Intro to Psych Textbook?
read full article from http://campustechnology.com
ContinueStudents are taking the battle against high-priced textbooks into their own hands. This week, 11 University of Cincinnati seniors in the psychology program presented at an…
Added by Ken Ronkowitz on February 16, 2011 at 8:45am — 1 Comment
My Open Texbook Presentation
Continue
Added by Denise Knowles on February 10, 2011 at 10:36am — No Comments
Anyone working on OER in GA??
Added by Marisa Drexel on February 7, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments
Featured Blog Posts
- Academia and the MOOC
- Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
- Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess -- Call for Proposals
- Congratulating Community Colleges with the most affordable textbooks: Essex, East Misssissippi, NW Colorado, and Cecil
- Open Education Conference 2012 – Beyond Content
- ODG-COT announces DynamicBooks Sponsorship
- COT Announces Principles Of Microeconomics And Principles Of Macroeconomics As Featured Books
Latest Blog Posts
- Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess -- Call for Proposals
- Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
- Coursera Collaborating with Publishers to Bring More Affordable, Accessible Educational Resources
- Congratulating Community Colleges with the most affordable textbooks: Essex, East Misssissippi, NW Colorado, and Cecil
- Academia and the MOOC
- Bodies in Motion: Video Shouts Out to Open Education
- Open Doors Group Collaborative announces affordable education models
Most Popular Blog Posts
- Academia and the MOOC
- Is the education situation a crisis or an opportunity? Manny Barbara and Nicholas Smith share ideas with ODG
- Hewlett Awards Open Textbook Grant
- Foothill College Instructor Brian Evans Completes Open Textbook Cost Study
- Open Access Un/Conference: Promote, Impact, Assess -- Call for Proposals
- OER Grant Reviewers Needed ASAP
- Open Course Library - Washington State Community Colleges
Blog Topics by Tags
Monthly Archives
2013
2012
- December (2)
- November (2)
- October (5)
- August (5)
- July (2)
- June (9)
- May (9)
- April (3)
- March (6)
- February (14)
- January (4)
2011
- December (8)
- November (6)
- October (24)
- September (13)
- August (4)
- July (2)
- June (4)
- May (8)
- April (2)
- March (11)
- February (5)
- January (11)
2010
- December (4)
- November (8)
- October (3)
- September (1)
- August (3)
- July (4)
- June (5)
- May (5)
- April (25)
- March (15)
- February (7)
- January (16)
2009
- December (9)
- November (12)
- October (9)
- September (18)
- August (13)
- July (3)
- June (5)
- May (8)
- April (12)
- March (3)
- February (1)
- January (1)
2008
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
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
Bookboon
Posted by Christopher Gilbert on October 2, 2011 at 8:53am — 1 Comment
Upload a photo or avatar to your profile, and we'll add it to the above gallery.
Photos
© 2013 Created by Jacky Hood.
Powered by
