Free Textbooks – Crowd funding Your Next Idea
Crowd funding is a term in our new social-media-based society and we should become more comfortable with it and the larger tech-lexicon. Similar to “viral” of a few years back, I am hearing...
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eBook Review: Flatworld Knowledge
Here we are with another eBook review, this time for a platform with a rather interesting business model. Today we’re taking a look at Flatworld Knowledge, the self proclaimed “world’s largest...
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eBook Review: Flatworld Knowledge MIYO
Today is a very special edition of our eBook review series. Today we get to take a look at the unique publishing tools offered by Flatworld Knowledge. If you missed our review of the student side of...
View ArticleThree Thoughts on California’s Digital Textbooks Bill
TheTextbookGuru.com has been following this bill since it was introduced in 2011. Last week the bill was unanimously approved and has been sent to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk for signature. Once...
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Infographic – Free Textbooks in California
Over the past six months we have followed the new legislation in California for the first national digital textbook library. With the law passing the legislature it is now awaiting the Governor’s...
View ArticleFree Textbooks in Canada
It seems that the race is on to create free textbooks and British Columbia is joining the State of California in making available content for the most popular post-secondary courses. Similar to the...
View ArticleThe Publishers Are Serious About Protecting Content
If you think that academic publishers are going to give up any of their content to the public domain in this era of open-source, think again. The website Edublogs.com recently found out the hard way...
View ArticleOpen Educational Resources: How to Learn More
As I learn more and more about open educational resources, I have discovered that we need to learn a new language and discover new tools. One blogger, Paul Stacey, has put together a really nice guide...
View ArticleMusings on the End of Print as the eTextbooks Debate Heats Up
We’re not even three weeks into this month and already October has seen the Digital vs. Print Textbooks debate really heat up and some heavy hitters, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan, weigh in...
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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Udacity
Welcome back to our series on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Today we are taking a look at one of the largest platforms in the field, Udacity. In case you missed it, we’ve already looked at the...
View ArticleThree Thoughts on California’s Digital Textbooks Bill
TheTextbookGuru.com has been following this bill since it was introduced in 2011. Last week the bill was unanimously approved and has been sent to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk for signature. Once...
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Infographic – Free Textbooks in California
Over the past six months we have followed the new legislation in California for the first national digital textbook library. With the law passing the legislature it is now awaiting the Governor’s...
View ArticleFree Textbooks in Canada
It seems that the race is on to create free textbooks and British Columbia is joining the State of California in making available content for the most popular post-secondary courses. Similar to the...
View ArticleThe Publishers Are Serious About Protecting Content
If you think that academic publishers are going to give up any of their content to the public domain in this era of open-source, think again. The website Edublogs.com recently found out the hard way...
View ArticleOpen Educational Resources: How to Learn More
As I learn more and more about open educational resources, I have discovered that we need to learn a new language and discover new tools. One blogger, Paul Stacey, has put together a really nice guide...
View ArticleMusings on the End of Print as the eTextbooks Debate Heats Up
We’re not even three weeks into this month and already October has seen the Digital vs. Print Textbooks debate really heat up and some heavy hitters, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan, weigh in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Udacity
Welcome back to our series on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Today we are taking a look at one of the largest platforms in the field, Udacity. In case you missed it, we’ve already looked at the...
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