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Ralph, The Connexions site (http://cnx.org/ ) is developing open source content modules that users can organize into "books". There is not too much there for geology though (yet). Cheers, Brett From: GEOEDUCATION RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julie Libarkin Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:11 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Is there an open, online college intro to geology text? This site has a list of free textbooks. They are copyrighted, so have usage policies, but they are free and digital: http://oerconsortium.org/copyrighted-digital-textbooks/ Julie Libarkin Associate Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab Michigan State University 206 Natural Science East Lansing, MI 48824 Affiliations: Department of Geological Sciences, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Cognitive Science Program, Center for Research on College Science Teaching and Learning Phone: 517-355-8369 https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin <https://www.msu.edu/%7Elibarkin> Editor for Production, Journal of Geoscience Education On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Dawes, Ralph wrote: Julie and Others, There is a big push, for example in California, for "digital textbooks." One reason is to save money - they are supposed to be a lot less expensive than paper textbooks. Another reason is to take advantage of the Web for pooling and sharing human knowledge. Taking it all the way to the open source end-member, some groups are advocating completely free materials for learning being made available on the Web. California, its public schools, its government, and some of its digital entrepreneurs, have been pushing for and even passing laws for this. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=open-source-textbooks-mixed -bag-california. This seems mostly directed at high schools, or grades 6-12. My question is, has anybody seen a college-level open source "digital textbook?" One that is free and open access? Thank you. --Ralph Dr. Ralph Dawes Earth Sciences Wenatchee Valley College 1300 Fifth Street Wenatchee, WA 98801 (509) 682-6754 [log in to unmask]