Speaking of open textbooks, I am recruiting educators and librarians who have had experience in implementing open textbooks for a 60 minute phenomenological study. I am a Masters student at Royal Roads University writing my thesis on open textbooks. You can fine more information about the project here: http://bccampus.ca/2013/12/12/calling-open-textbook-advocates-danielle-paradis-wants-to-speak-with-you/ Please email me if interested! Regards, Danielle On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:36 AM, McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > *** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** > > > > Colleagues/ > > > > Recent research conducted by the OER Research Hub indicates that nearly > 60% of community college faculty choose OER and open textbooks based on the > reputation of the institution or recommendations from trusted colleagues. > Join us on Wed, February 5, at 11:00 am (PT), 2:00 pm (ET) to hear about > two high-quality open textbook publishing initiatives, one through the > State University of New York (SUNY) and the other through OpenStax College > at Rice University. Our featured speakers will share their experiences > with publishing open textbooks for use by both faculty and students and > share their open textbook adoption strategies. > > > > Cyril Oberlander, Director of Library Services at SUNY Geneseo heads up > the SUNY Open Textbook initiative which publishes high-quality, > cost-effective course resources by engaging faculty as authors and > peer-reviewers, and libraries as a publishing service and infrastructure. > They have released three open textbooks this last fall in their planned > series of fifteen open textbooks in various disciplines. > > > > David Harris, Editor-in-chief OpenStax College at Rice University’s > Connexions project. OpenStax College is a nonprofit organization committed > to improving student access to quality learning materials. Their free > textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are > readable, accurate, and meet the scope and sequence requirements of college > courses. Their first six books released over the last two years are focused > on general education courses and are gaining adoptions. > > > > [snip] > > No pre-registration is necessary. > > > > Click on [Webinar] link on the day of the webinar to login and listen. > > > > Source and Link Available Via: > > > > > http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/free-webinar-open-textbook-publishing.html > > > > Regards, > > > > /Gerry > > > > Gerry McKiernan > > Associate Professor > and > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University > 150 Parks Library > Ames IA 50011 > > > > "It's Not The Journey; It's The Detours." > > > > http://ref-notes.blogspot.com/2013/09/its-not-journey-its-detours.html > > _______________________________________________ > open-education mailing list > [log in to unmask] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-education > >