>From "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck_at_iastate.edu>
Slides Now Available > Free Webinar > Open Textbook Publishing and Adoptions >
February 5 2014 > 2:00 pm (ET)
Colleagues/
Slides Now Available
/Gerry
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 Universitys 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.
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No pre-registration is necessary.
Click on [Webinar] link on the day of the webinar to login and listen.
Source, Link, Slides Are 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
_OATs: Open Access Textbooks_
http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/oats
Received on Fri Feb 21 2014 - 03:01:51 EST