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Open Textbooks 

 

 

Flex Presentation August 2011

 

 

Harbor College Textbooks Spreadsheet

 

Open Textbooks:  What are they?

 

Flat World Knowledge Presentation

 

 

Open Textbooks in EPub & Mobi with Print

 

Flat World Knowledge

Flat World Knowledge is a hybrid commercial/open textbook publisher experimenting with providing open

textbooks while charging for printed versions and sharing revenues with authors.

For more information email Trisha O'Shea or phone her at 877-472-1241 ext.7604.

 

 

Other Open Educational Resources

 

Open Textbooks by Subject from College Open Textbooks

 

Reviews of Textbooks Listed Above

 

A List of Open Educational Resources by Catagory

This list is part of a 35 page document entitled "Free to Learn:  An Open Educational Resources Policy

Development Guidebook for Community College Governence Officials" by Hal Plotkin

  

A List of Open Textbooks from Various Sources by Discipline

From the Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons website.

 

Open Textbook Quick Start Guide

From the Connexions website.

 

Research

  

Can Tech Transcend the Textbook?

From Campus Technology, March 2011

 

Survey on Students and Tablets

From the Peason Foundation, May 25, 2011 

 

The E-Textbook Experiment Turns a Page

From All Things Considered, NPR, Sept. 17, 2010

 

  

Future Trends

 

Six Companies Aiming to Digitize the Textbook Industry

From mashable.com, May 2011

 

Principles of Biology, an Interactive Textbook

From Nature Education, May 2010

  

 

Software

 

Calibre ebook Management

Convert PDF to EPub or to any device specific file format;
organize ebooks
and other text files with this free software.

 

  

 

Recommended Print on Demand Company

 

www.lulu.com

 

 

Helpful Wikipedia Entries

 

Comparison of e-book Formats

 

Digital Rights Management

 

E-book

 

EPub

 

Open Access (Publishing)

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

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