Many thanks to for the many useful comments about the eTextBooks meeting
I presented at last week.
Full notes are available from http://etextbookseurope.eu/?q=node/20
I've written a short summary/some reflections of it at
http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/philb/2013/01/21/etextbooks-europe/
I think this is an area where CETIS will be doing some more work over
the next few months.
Phil
On 14/01/13 15:56, Phil Barker wrote:
> Hello all,
> I would like to let you know that on Wednesday I am going to a meeting
> that aims "to bring together stakeholders with an interest in new
> standards for e-textbooks for learning, education and trainings"--see
> http://etextbookseurope.eu/?q=launch
>
> I shall be representing the OER point of view at this meeting, and do
> so in the belief that it goes beyond (and is more interesting that)
> Open Textbooks. A quick outline of what I have in mind is this, any
> comments etc. would be welcome:
>
> OER: Hewlett & Capetown definitions. CC licences. cf. open educational
> practice (and poss cf MOOCs)
>
> eTextBooks: I hope the education / pedagogic issues that are
> fundamental to e*Text*Books, will be dealt with in rest of
> meeting/activity so I don't want to do much more than maybe mention
> that they include multimedia, dynamic & adaptive content; direct deep
> linking/embedding, social connections, a life cycle that allows for
> remixing and republishing (i.e. all that stuff we talked about 15yrs
> ago when promoting web for elearning)
>
> eTextBooks as OERs: fairly simple, I think. Need to avoid assumptions
> that eTextBook will be paid for. Need to be able to express CC
> licences. Need technology that permits what is allowed by licence
> (e.g. format that is portable, editable, disaggregable) Also helps if
> it supports what is required by licence (e.g. keeps attribution when
> copied/edited...)
>
> OER in eTextBooks: well, what is the OER that might go into an
> eTextBook? From UKOER, tends to be existing content: word / PDF, .ppt,
> lecture capture / recordings, anything. Not much emphasis on
> standards: interest in HTML5, not so much on eLearning Standards (for
> content)
>
> Commercial eTextBook and OERs: what commercial publishers want in
> order to allow content they own to go into OERs (= attribution,
> linking back to what they sell, mixed licensing, time limited, ability
> to track usage and impact [thank you Suzanne / PublishOER]). Pearson
> Project Blue Sky (build your own etextbook out of OER and paid-for
> Pearson content)
>
>
> I tried to keep that brief, I hope it is not completely
> indecipherable. If you would like me to expand on any point just let
> me know.
>
> Phil
>
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