EVENTS & PRESENTATIONS
Events related to the use of electronic textbooks, open textbooks and Open Educational Resources (OER). Newest events at bottom.
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Friday, Apr 9, 2010 to Friday, Apr 9, 2010: An exploration of all things e-reader, e-book, e-textbookEvent on the use of eTextbooks at NJ colleges.
I will talk about open textbooks.
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Thursday, Nov 4, 2010 to Saturday, Nov 6, 2010: OPEN TEXTBOOKS at the Two Year College Association (TYCA)I will be presenting a session on adopting open textbooks in the English classroom Saturday morning.
"Capitol Improvements: The Two-Year College as an Agency of Change"
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Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 to Friday, Nov 19, 2010: OPEN TEXTBOOKS at the NJEDge.Net Annual ConferenceI will be presenting a session to encourage the consortium to begin adopting open textbooks as a statewide initiative.
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Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011 to Wednesday, Jan 19, 2011: E-Books, E-Readers, E-Textbooks, & E-Pub at Middlesex County College, NJExplanations and Examples of the New and Not-So-New Technologies -- Google has just entered the e-book selling environment. Amazon’s e-books sales have outpaced print sales.
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Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 to Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011: HOW REVOLUTIONARY ARE OPEN TEXTBOOKS? (webinar)EATF Webinar at 2:00pm - 3:15pm EST Unlike commercial e-books, open textbooks are accessible online at no cost, very affordable as a print book, and are licensed to allow faculty to legally access and reformat copies of the text at no additional cost.
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Friday, Feb 4, 2011 to Friday, Feb 4, 2011: OPENING TEXTBOOKS
(Seton Hall University) Open textbooks offer colleges opportunities to use open education resources (OER), deliver content via mobile devices and allow for customized course materials while lowering student costs. -
Friday, Jun 3, 2011 to Friday, Jun 3, 2011: Emerging Learning Design at Montclair State University. SESSION: "Open Learning Through Open Textbooks" An NJEDge.Net Sponsored Session by Ken Ronkowitz
An Introduction to eTextbooks & Open Textbooks
ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS
Electronic textbooks (eTextbooks, eBooks) are digital versions of textbooks. The media varies widely from digital reproductions of print editions to versions that include embedded animations, video and interactive features. A good deal of interest in using e-textbooks comes from the reduced cost for students.
Most e-textbooks are currently distributed by commercial publishers and have DRM (digital rights management). They can be read via computer, some cell phones and using eReaders depending on the file format.
OPEN TEXTBOOKS
An open textbook is a free, openly-licensed textbook offered online by its author(s).
The most common questions in using open textbooks are:
- Who will write them?
- Who will pay for them? (if payment is made at all)
- How will quality standards be established and maintained?
- Who will host them?
For example, Flat World Knowledge has already released a dozen open textbooks that are used by more than 400 professors. Their innovative business model is to offer the open textbook free online, and then sell ancillary products that students are likely to buy if prices are reasonable - print copies, study guides, PDF download, etc. Flat World Knowledge compensates its authors with royalties on these sales.
The CCOTC (Community College Open Textbook Consortium) reviews and collects available textbooks in order to encourage adoption.
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