A late Holiday gift from friends Curt Bonk & Elaine Khoo: http://tec -variety.com <http://tec-variety.com> (BY NC SA <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/>) Happy New Year all! Cable ------------ From Curt: > > > > *Greetings! * > > When my book, "*The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing > Education > <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloye_USrOVTUhE42vO9QHUA5-RFHLAIk5zsWLtnrKuyRkJWpzL2yAXV7kMVBnmVBGrRN3lcc4ATSXo-ueiSFVWHkMMW1WCNANqojiiKqiCAwAc=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==>*" > first appeared in the summer of 2009, people asked me two insightful > questions: *#1.* If this truly is an open educational world, then why > isn't the book free?, and *#2*. What can educators actually do in this > more free and open world? A couple years later, when Massive Open Online > Courses or "MOOCs" first arrived on the scene, people around the globe were > asking me a third question; namely, *#3.* how to increase MOOC retention > rates. They read MOOC related articles in the New York Times, the Guardian, > BBC News, CNN International, the Korea Times, and all of the other hype > about the global transformation of higher education. But they also knew > that there were a host of problems surrounding MOOCs. > > It took more than five years, but I finally have responded to all three > questions. Where? How? And when, you ask? Well, my latest book, "*Adding > Some TEC-VARIETY: 100+ Activities for Motivating and Retaining Learners > Online*," provides a framework of 10 proven psychological principles of > motivation (see visual below) and more than 100 activities for addressing > the vast learner motivation and retention problems we all witness today. In > responding to all those who joked with me that my next book should be free, > this book, written with Elaine Khoo from the University of Waikato in New > Zealand, not only is *FREE* as an *e-book > <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloykRP1mGdIzGTfeyMCZimMsxByW-L1LTOV7vT_8IrLkyMhYMy9XqgmRrng_gpSJBgp_noNWV3GmogEaVUqmuWs1di5huwB_y6HRunEb3UwXVY=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==>* (all > 367 pages), but you can download each *chapter > <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloyhyMpOIu31C8ioYZWbc_C5_TydQCkg1VApx-xHAi9nFROSpAjO6J1_1yYRhCYFI1-ACkQHnAzvK4tdRCb71JAMe8mqKb_21-HTI23HhXuBtwDxk7Xm07Rs7SobXZYkyrm&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==>* separately > for free as well. Since the book release in May, over 25,000 people have > already downloaded the entire book and thousands more have selected > individual chapters. Chapters on curiosity, tone/climate, and relevance are > among the most popular ones. > > You too can download it all right now and share it with others. In > addition, a Chinese version of the free e-book will be available soon. This > free and open access book is my way of expressing my thanks for the > opportunity to live in this vast and exciting open educational world. > > > > > More specifics about the book can be found in a recent blog post > <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloyV-FL4oa7hYNBnYY0wfiAy9pfrZ-Kswz9ttLLe9bfMwZPqYGD2T-A9Dj_mVQAWun8lMZKDj45kdvtzsqW4asmVPLudTy-Rpc3mMg8sfkduC8JJv66SnhZg_DAo_9LqKTUmYuE1j8XhNeu_4prnIR50mN26bnfxbMKbWcjhP_XTm8ElZNlZpgI4Al1QfFVHS8s2OJ3QZ7jwJ8=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==> of > mine as well as at the book homepage > <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloykRP1mGdIzGTfeyMCZimMsxByW-L1LTOV7vT_8IrLkyMhYMy9XqgmRrng_gpSJBgp_noNWV3GmogEaVUqmuWs1di5huwB_y6HRunEb3UwXVY=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==> > . > > This book is an experiment for me both in self-publishing as well as > pushing the edges of the open educational world. I hope you enjoy my new > free book and share it with others. Oh, by the way, my son Alex > <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OBIBtOWFEto0o9sfi59f05GuTv853yiTdu6KR9rRaJGCTksTSG0VAW0SlKN8mloy-fViaWGpKNT5R3jAu1B7lshnsqok_umnR_Yosp_hXKC3vzGRRgpyHuw23qsuiW8o84wNkr364VBgmsWAMmeRMhZJWrTNA0Gk9TWdiXaUkzI=&c=u-eS8BPs38pO1Xie4KGj1ZgTrMDEhSKpAfSr_02XXu6_otLW35HxGA==&ch=8SCcCz6ZdlbPp3iKrGLDEMtGpje9gazItMX57fg-XqnyJ3t82M714g==> designed > the cover. I hope you like it. > > Best wishes. > > > > Curt Bonk, Ph.D. (in educational psychology), CPA > > Professor, Instructional Systems Technology Department; Adjunct, School of > Informatics > > Indiana University > > President, CourseShare, LLC > > > > > -- Cable Green, PhD Director of Global Learning Creative Commons @cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen> http://creativecommons.org/education *reuse, revise, remix, redistribute** & retain* *Make a donation to support Creative Commons in 2015: http://bit.ly/supportcc2015 <http://bit.ly/supportcc2015>State of the Commons Report https://stateof.creativecommons.org/report <https://stateof.creativecommons.org/report/>*