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Yes...a friend of my son just co-produced an online College Algebra book: http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=3018 c On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Dawes, Ralph <[log in to unmask]> 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] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Spam <https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=993816834&m=b92f92a55538&c=s> > Not spam <https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=993816834&m=b92f92a55538&c=n> > Forget previous vote<https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=993816834&m=b92f92a55538&c=f> > -- Live simply so that others might simply live.