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
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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:
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
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
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