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 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
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