This also offers opportunities for presenting a potentially more accessible download of selected Wikipedia content which can be presented through other devices (smartphones, ebook readers, text-to-speech software) as both text and audio. Calibre e-book management software (http://calibre-ebook.com/) is ideal to refine the output metadata. Come to think of it, the http://conceptlinkage.org/clink/ tool could be a useful authoring guide.
I would be interested to hear of any learning and teaching projects taking advantage of this format for improving accessibility of supporting OER materials generated this way, and the experiences of their students.
Terry McAndrew ([log in to unmask])
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1. Ebook / Remixing in Wikipedia (2)
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 09:50:56 +0000
From: Peter Robinson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Ebook / Remixing in Wikipedia
This is excellent news. This means there is a viable way of getting large complex test epubs ( the format supported by ipads) via Wikipedia or if you download the MediaWiki software you could create books locally.. .
IMHO 'Create a book' is one of the hidden features of Wikipedia. Students I've taught have never heard of it. Use the left hand menus to create an empty book say 'A History of Open Education' and then browse related pages, adding the ones relevant to the book. When you've finished your selection - press a button and the book as epub/pdf etc is generated in a few minutes. Some of the nice benefits include an index, a proper set of references for all pages at the end of the book and all the images moved across too..
Great fun for creating a book of notes on a subject for train journeys/flights ..
From Pat's links ...
"To create your personal e-book you have to activate the ‘Create a book’ link located in the left sidebar of Wikipedia in the ‘print/export’ section. Once activated, you can compile articles or complete categories into a personal collection and export them. Collections can be exported in a variety of formats like PDF, EPUB, or OpenOffice. You can also order a printed book via PediaPress, the official print-on-demand partner of Wikipedia.
EPUB is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). The EPUB export feature was developed by brainbot technologies, the company that created PediaPress and specializes in building tools for transforming the book industry."
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From: Open Educational Resources [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Pat Lockley [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 05 October 2012 10:10
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Subject: Ebook / Remixing in Wikipedia
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/17/new-e-book-export-feature-enabled-on-wikipedia/
Thought this might appeal
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:05:39 +0000
From: Katharine Lindsay <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Ebook / Remixing in Wikipedia
We've recently made a Wikipedia ebook for our WW1 Centenary OER project to create a 'snapshot' of how the major topics on WW1 are written prior to the Centenary.
A kind of observation / research tool too.
Kate
On 8 Oct 2012, at 10:50, Peter Robinson wrote:
This is excellent news. This means there is a viable way of getting large complex test epubs ( the format supported by ipads) via Wikipedia or if you download the MediaWiki software you could create books locally.. .
IMHO 'Create a book' is one of the hidden features of Wikipedia. Students I've taught have never heard of it. Use the left hand menus to create an empty book say 'A History of Open Education' and then browse related pages, adding the ones relevant to the book. When you've finished your selection - press a button and the book as epub/pdf etc is generated in a few minutes. Some of the nice benefits include an index, a proper set of references for all pages at the end of the book and all the images moved across too..
Great fun for creating a book of notes on a subject for train journeys/flights ..
From Pat's links ...
"To create your personal e-book you have to activate the ‘Create a book’ link located in the left sidebar of Wikipedia in the ‘print/export’ section. Once activated, you can compile articles or complete categories into a personal collection and export them. Collections can be exported in a variety of formats like PDF, EPUB, or OpenOffice. You can also order a printed book via PediaPress, the official print-on-demand partner of Wikipedia.
EPUB is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). The EPUB export feature was developed by brainbot technologies, the company that created PediaPress and specializes in building tools for transforming the book industry."
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From: Open Educational Resources [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Pat Lockley [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 05 October 2012 10:10
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Ebook / Remixing in Wikipedia
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/17/new-e-book-export-feature-enabled-on-wikipedia/
Thought this might appeal
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