http://www.openculture.com/2009/03/the_new_open_source_textbook.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:51:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.openculture.com/2009/03/the_new_open_source_textbook.html#comment-7587 ijaz shahid Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:26:33 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/?p=2833#comment-7587 I feel that this audio book can serve my B. Ed students a lot I feel that this audio book can serve my B. Ed students a lot

]]> http://www.openculture.com/2009/03/the_new_open_source_textbook.html#comment-3474 tshreve Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/?p=2833#comment-3474 Wikibooks, has textbooks that have been created through collaborative effort. I believe there is a lot that can be done in this area that will help education. Wikibooks, has textbooks that have been created through collaborative effort. I believe there is a lot that can be done in this area that will help education.

]]> http://www.openculture.com/2009/03/the_new_open_source_textbook.html#comment-3475 Treblyk Riddle Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:47:12 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/?p=2833#comment-3475 Wow! We were just talking a few weeks ago in my education technology class about Open Source software and it's application towards a classroom/educational setting. We had discussed little things that could be done, but having a whole textbook that has several different people merging together to write it is beyond what I thought possible for this stage in Open Source. I think that if more textbooks and resources were produced this way, it would greatly improve many school systems, especially the ones who are still using textbooks from the eighties simply because they cant afford new books, as well as college students who go entire semesters without their classes books because theyre so expensive. Very neat. Wow! We were just talking a few weeks ago in my education technology class about Open Source software and it’s application towards a classroom/educational setting. We had discussed little things that could be done, but having a whole textbook that has several different people merging together to write it is beyond what I thought possible for this stage in Open Source. I think that if more textbooks and resources were produced this way, it would greatly improve many school systems, especially the ones who are still using textbooks from the eighties simply because they cant afford new books, as well as college students who go entire semesters without their classes books because theyre so expensive. Very neat.

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