March 2010 Blog Posts (12)

An article titled "Digital Repositories and Possibilities of Their Integration into Higher Education" was recently published in the March issue of International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), Vol 5 (2010). http://online-journals.org/i-jet/article/view/1212

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Due to abundance of information available on the Internet, society seeks new types of…

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Read Tom Caswell's interviews with Martha Kanter, U.S. undersecretary of
education, about the future of OER in the March 2010 OCW Newsletter.

Literacy is Priceless blog on 10 ways to support open education through social media. This list left out networking with OER community using NING.

I have a daughter attending college in just a few years. We are looking at the ways to save on this expense. She is wanting to study overseas, but we are not sure if this is affordable. There is much to think about, from travel expense to International Health Insurance. What do you all know about scholarships and grants for students studying internationally? We are looking for any help that you guys might be able to… Continue

With technology advancements, sharing a textbook over the internet can be both secure, easy, and profitable. Use cloud hosting on a secure site to share the media, collect fees, and distribute materials. The same cloud can be used to administer tests, track scores, and communicate assignments. These sites can be as secure or open as you want. The publisher of the books will not loose money and they can easily keep… Continue

Take a look at this compelling "Affordable Learning Soutions for 2010" video recently released by the California State Student Association about textbook affordability.

In January 2010, Leigh Blackall posted a blog on "How to produce, publish and distribute a textbook these days." His blog posting describes the steps he employed for textbooks at Otago Polytechnic.

As noted by today's Creative Commons blog posting, the recently released United States Department of Education 2010 National Educational Technology Plan (pdf) embraces the use of open textbooks and open educational resources. The Plan cites the …

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Many people in the open community see Macmillan's new Dynamic Textbooks as a sign that big textbook publishers finally are realizing that instructors need books that can be adapted to the needs of students. Gordon Crovitz begs to differ. In You Can't Judge a Book by Its Author Mr. Crovitz worries about the author's intentions getting altered. What do you think?… Continue

Driven by lean, hard economic times and the rising costs of education, many students are seeking out alternative methods such as open textbooks just to keep up.

Fortunately, there are a growing number of opportunities for students to get textbooks at lower…

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Lisa Verissimo-Bates reviewed “Principles of Microeconomics” by Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregarthen. She wrote in her review, “It is well organized and written, and targets the survey student.” Lisa plans to adopt the textbook for her

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Jonathan Harden Sr. reviewed “Core Concepts of Marketing”, by John Burnett. In is review he wrote, “I highly recommend… Continue

I was able to fulfill one of my duties as an advocate by presenting a open textbook workshop during Professional Development Day at Broward College (February 19). There were 22 employees who attended, and they showed quite a bit of interest. This workshop was limited to 60 minutes, so I will be holding another to complete my obligations.

During this first workshop I distributed three handouts (the repository list, the Courses to be Prioritized for Open Access Textbook…

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