Using Rice’s Connexions platform, OpenStax will offer free course materials for five common introductory classes. The textbooks are open to classes anywhere and organizers believe the programs could save students $90 million in the next five years if the books capture 10 percent of the national market.
- Sylvia Currie
E I E I Oh dear… McDonaldization of the e-coursebook? | TOETOE – Technology for Open English Toying with Open E-resources (ˈtɔɪtɔɪ) - http://www.alannahfitzgerald.org/...
Excellent analysis of ebook issues and reliance on textbooks in our educational culture. Part of the current seminar discussion at SCoPE. By Alannah Fitzgerald
- Sylvia Currie
Poll for the February, 2012 SCoPE seminar: Is "book" an appropriate metaphor to use with epublications or are they a new "form" needing a new image?
- Sylvia Currie
I thought it would be interesting in this SCoPE seminar to discuss our experiences in writing e-books and e-publications. Is the experience of writing similar to other types of writing we've done, or does it differ in some important ways? Did you discover a new twist to your writing voice? Did your Muse carry an iPad? What are some of the creative and technical affordances and stumbling blocks you've encountered? What software did you use that was helpful (or not helpful)? Did you write the book for profit or free distribution, and how did you promote it? What would you do differently if you were starting over from scratch?
- Sylvia Currie
RT @MaryChayko: I follow both @TheOnion and @nytimes on #twitter, and sometimes it's easy to mistake one's tweets for the other's. Life is that strange.