constantly evolving open textbook
21 Matching Annotations
- Apr 2021
-
www.vteducation.org www.vteducation.org
-
- Nov 2019
-
opencontent.org opencontent.org
-
Because you didn’t change the instructional design of the book in any way
But by changing the license you now enable the book to be remixed and adapted to the needs of the students: an open license enables open pedagogy.
-
- Oct 2019
-
openedconference.org openedconference.org
-
a range of business models
I think Hypothes.is plays a very important role in democratising these discussions. The real places where these decisions are made are often closed off to faculty and students. We need to have serious discussions about which sustainability models are appropriate for education not just the businesses. What is sustainable for education may not always be sustainable for business!
-
- Jul 2018
-
er.educause.edu er.educause.edu
-
What has changed, what remains the same, and what general patterns can be discerned from the past twenty years in the fast-changing field of edtech?
Join me in annotating @mweller's thoughtful exercise at thinking through the last 20 years of edtech. Given Martin's acknowledgements of the caveats of such an exercise, how can we augment this list to tell an even richer story?
-
- Apr 2018
-
www.researchgate.net www.researchgate.net
-
Psychology in Modules (Myers & Dewall, 2015). This textbook was at the campus bookstore in print, loose-leaf format, but could be ordered in electronic or bound formats. In the preface of the Worth Publishers’ textbook, 77 reviewers and consultants from a variety of institutions were listed. The open-source textbook was the 1st edition of OpenStax College’s Psychology (OpenStax College, 2014)
-
- Apr 2016
-
hapgood.us hapgood.us
-
federation of easily remixable content
Granularity of the content itself can matter quite a bit… Part of the reason the focus on textbooks may mislead us (apart from the difficulty of teaching from a textbook) is that the “monolithic” assumption behind the textbook model makes reuse more difficult. Sure, we can take textbooks apart and reuse individual items. But the high degree of integration between parts of a textbook makes it less likely that people will split the book apart.
-
- Mar 2016
-
2016.wpcampus.org 2016.wpcampus.org
-
Open Learning
Could soooo imagine a presentation on using #Hypothesis with #PressBooks!
-
- Jan 2016
-
-
We analyzed the relationship between students’ level of online engagement, and traditional learning metrics, to understand the effectiveness of discussion forums in the context of flipped classrooms.
Sounds like something interesting for Dr. Jeremy Dean.
-
- Dec 2015
-
support.vitalsource.com support.vitalsource.com
-
The EDUPUB Initiative VitalSource regularly collaborates with independent consultants and industry experts including the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), Tech For All, JISC, Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC), and others. With the help of these experts, VitalSource strives to ensure its platform conforms to applicable accessibility standards including Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Accessibility Guidelines established by the Worldwide Web Consortium known as WCAG 2.0. The state of the platform's conformance with Section 508 at any point in time is made available through publication of Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs). VitalSource continues to support industry standards for accessibility by conducting conformance testing on all Bookshelf platforms – offline on Windows and Macs; online on Windows and Macs using standard browsers (e.g., Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari); and on mobile devices for iOS and Android. All Bookshelf platforms are evaluated using industry-leading screen reading programs available for the platform including JAWS and NVDA for Windows, VoiceOver for Mac and iOS, and TalkBack for Android. To ensure a comprehensive reading experience, all Bookshelf platforms have been evaluated using EPUB® and enhanced PDF books.
Could see a lot of potential for Open Standards, including annotations. What’s not so clear is how they can manage to produce such ePub while maintaining their DRM-focused practice. Heard about LCP (Lightweight Content Protection). But have yet to get a fully-accessible ePub which is also DRMed in such a way.
-
- Nov 2015
-
chronicle.com chronicle.com
-
digital literacy to see that these open textbooks have more credibility than, say, Wikipedia
Well… Credibility is a tough thing and Wikipedia’s NPOV model does offer something early critical thinkers might find more appropriate to develop their skills than a biased textbook. Those of us who have used textbooks may feel that pain.
-
if free textbooks or OER offer learners free access to good quality knowledge
Big “if”. And it’s one of those cases where defining those terms (“access”, “knowledge”, “free”, “good quality”, even “learners”…) is important but risky. We don’t want sterile debates, but we need to acknowledge that we may not be talking about the same things.
-
-
www.educationdive.com www.educationdive.com
-
One key barrier to this shift is the time and energy it takes to find new course materials and ensure they are high-quality.
Either an obstacle to Open Textbook adoption or an opportunity for OER.
-
- Oct 2015
-
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
-
digital academic textbooks
Including Open Textbooks and Open Access articles.
-
-
web.hypothes.is web.hypothes.is
-
long time curating these tomes
Part of the argument for OER might come from more efficient ways to curate this type of material. Creating textbooks is some people’s main goal, but there’s a whole lot to be said about Open Coursepacks in Linked Open Data.
-
that format had to be HTML or PDF
No ePub?
-
-
-
Technology is the only way to dramatically expand access to knowledge. Why should students be limited to a textbook that was printed two years ago, and maybe designed 10 years ago, when they could have access to the world's best and most up-to-date textbook?
Can serve well as an OER quote.
Tags
Annotators
URL
-
-
-
He gave the example of digital textbooks which can be updated as an example of how online technology could be better than traditional methods.
Great argument for OERs, no? And Open Annotations, for that matter.
-
- Sep 2015
-
blogs.edweek.org blogs.edweek.org
-
dissatisfaction with curricula offered by commercial providers
Maybe the model from commercial textbooks isn’t the one we need to follow?
-
-
www.edcentral.org www.edcentral.org
-
OER as alternative to textbooks. But what about “smaller” OERs?
Tags
Annotators
URL
-
-
www.unesco.org www.unesco.org
-
OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.
In other words, Open Educational Resources need not reproduce the textbook model.
-
-
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
-
taking advantage of free, "open source" textbooks.
Editorialising through scare quotes?
-