Archive for January, 2010

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TX Seeks Open Textbooks

January 23, 2010

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) seeks ”to identify and acquire state-developed/state owned open-source textbooks that are available for downloading from the internet at no charge to a student and without requiring the purchase of an unlock code, membership, or other access or use charge, except for a charge to order an optional printed copy of all or part of the textbook.”  The content should be aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and ready for use in the classroom.  

 

For details, see http://esbd.cpa.state.tx.us/docs/701/86724_1.pdf

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Pilot Development of Open Textbook

January 21, 2010

One of five pilot projects implemented at the University of Malawi and University of Botswana last year was designed to create a textbook from freely available open educational resources (OER) that would cover at most of a 1st semester Communication Skills course. Evaluation of findings and lessons learned from the pilot are available at OER Africa.

The effort resulted in a 102 page Communication Skills open textbook printed at Bunda and used with the first year students. The chapters are:

1. Orientation to the Text
2. Study Skills
3. How to use the Library
4. Listening Skills
5. Reading Skills
6. Writing Skills
7. Examination Skills

The textbook is openly licensed as CC: BY-NC-SA and is available from both the Bunda College website and the OER Africa repository.

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OER Author Training for CNX

January 16, 2010

The Connexions Project has added a new item titled: “Authoring Connexions Modules using Microsoft Word Documents” to its Connexions Documentation lens at: http://cnx.org/lenses/cnxorg/documentation

This training collection was written by Connexions Featured Author, winner in the HPC Cup for High Performance Computing education, and Houston Community College faculty member, Kenneth Leroy Busbee. It is designed for new authors and can be used as self-study or as part of a workshop on creating open textbooks. A direct link to the material: http://cnx.org/content/col11154/latest/

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Free Webinar: Creative Commons Licensing & OER

January 5, 2010

Register with @ONE to view a free webinar on “Creative Commons Licensing and Open Educational Resources” with Jane Park Wed, 03/24/2010 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm (Pacific Time). 

The webinar will address: “What is Creative Commons? How did it originate? And how did it become part and parcel of worldwide movements towards open education, open scientific practices, and open culture? ccLearn, the education division of Creative Commons, answers these basic questions, then explains how CC is integral to the future of educational practices that capitalize on transformative technologies in innovative and completely legal ways. Included is a brief overview of the licenses and examples of educational projects and organizations using CC licenses.”

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