Open Text Book

Aftermath of CES

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) there were several announcements of new devices that fit, if only loosely, into the category of ebook reader. Examples include the large format (and expensive) QUE from Plastic Logic, the Skiff from Hearst which is directed at newspapers.

Education isn’t the center of the CES focus, but some of the hype surrounding the ebook reader category certainly makes us hope that some educationally suitable tool will be forthcoming.

The call for digital textbooks is going out, too. Will the publishers respond, and if they don’t will the open education community begin to fill the void?

This site, Opentextbook.org is attempting to compile a list of as many open textbook efforts as possible and to provide hosting service for any open textbook efforts that desire it.

Leave a Comment January 12, 2010

‘Wireless Networking in the Developing World’ and ‘How to Accelerate Your Internet’

Here are two interesting open textbooks with practical instructions about communications technologies:

• Wireless Networking in the Developing World. Creative Commons – Attribution ShareAlike (BY-SA)
• How to Accelerate Your Internet. Creative Commons – Attribution ShareAlike (BY-SA)

3 Comments August 22, 2007

Electronics textbooks and Q&A sheets

These are both from Tony R. Kuphaldt, industrial electronics instructor at Bellingham Technical College, Washington:

• Lessons In Electric Circuits. A series of textbooks about electricity and electronics. Available under a Design Science License (DSL).
• Socratic Electronics. A large number of question and answer sheets about electronics. Available under a Creative Commons – Attribution license (BY)

Leave a Comment June 26, 2007