Open Text Book » opentextbook http://www.opentextbook.org A registry of textbooks that anyone can access, reuse and redistribute Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 P2PU http://www.opentextbook.org/2010/08/16/p2pu/ http://www.opentextbook.org/2010/08/16/p2pu/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:47:00 +0000 Algot Runeman http://www.opentextbook.org/?p=67 P2PU is an initiative designed to promote direct teaching/learning opportunities. You can participate as a student by signing up for a course or as a teacher by designing and running a course.

Una Daly, Associate Director College Open Textbooks Collaborative has proposed a course that should interest anyone reading this blog: Adopting Open Textbooks.

http://wiki.p2pu.org/Adopting-Open-Textbooks

P2PU is certainly in the spirit of things “open.” Sign up for the course and learn more.

]]> http://www.opentextbook.org/2010/08/16/p2pu/feed/ 0 Free Technology Academy http://www.opentextbook.org/2010/01/18/free-technology-academy/ http://www.opentextbook.org/2010/01/18/free-technology-academy/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:27:59 +0000 Algot Runeman http://www.opentextbook.org/?p=56 The Free Technology Academy has announced the availability of Introduction to Free Software, one of a series of modules teaching/learning modules which intend to support university level courses that use free software to teach computer and technology concepts.
The Free Technology Academy (FTA) is a joint initiative from several educational institutes in various countries. It aims to contribute to a society that permits all users to study, participate and build upon existing knowledge without restrictions.
This group is supported by several organizations including three European universities. Check the About link for details.

]]> http://www.opentextbook.org/2010/01/18/free-technology-academy/feed/ 0 Aftermath of CES http://www.opentextbook.org/2010/01/12/aftermath-of-ces/ http://www.opentextbook.org/2010/01/12/aftermath-of-ces/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:49:08 +0000 Algot Runeman http://www.opentextbook.org/?p=52 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.

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