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Indigenous Peoples Reader Project

The goal of this project was to take existing open source material being used by a developmental-level reading and writing course as part of Project Kaleidoscope, and update the material to meet the...

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Exemplary open textbooks and methodology: ChemWiki and its Progeny

ChemWiki not only shines as an exemplary series of open-licensed chemistry textbooks, it has spawned BioWiki GeoWiki MathWiki PhysWiki SolarWiki  and StatWiki Professor Delmar Larsen of the University...

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What’s New in OER at Scottsdale Community College?

Faculty in the Mathematics Department at Scottsdale Community College   have been working hard this year to create, revise, and organize materials for our OER project in several of our courses. This is...

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Advanced Water Mathematics Online Textbook – an update from an adopter...

Regina Blasberg, College of Canyons   Mike Alvord, Director of Operations for Newhall County Water District, and I are working on writing an Advanced Water Mathematics online textbook. Mike has...

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American Government Textbook: An Update from the Field

Dr. Tim Lenz and I have been working on editing the textbook and identifying students to work on the text over the summer. Using information from surveys and informal feedback from students, along with...

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The PhysWiki Dynamic Textbook Project

The PhysWiki Dynamic Textbook Project The PhysWiki is one of seven integral components of the STEMWiki Dynamic Textbook Project (DTP), a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop the next...

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Some quick ways to help students afford their textbooks

CC BY photo from images_of_money We would be delighted if a wave of a magic wand would mean every required textbook were open-licensed, flexible for instructors, and affordable for students....

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Guide to Open Learning

I’m pleased to have the honor of presenting a project I have recently finished and released under an open license. It is a “Guide to Open Learning” and I hope you find it useful. Thanks to College...

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Announcing ChemWiki as the COT Featured Book for June and July 2012

We are excited to name ChemWiki as our featured book for both June and July.  This collection of online science textbooks features over 6800 high quality illustrations.   To learn more about ChemWiki,...

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College Open Textbooks announces OER Basic Training on Friday the 13th

Be sure to read the press release about the upcoming Open Educational Resources Basic Training event, which will be running this Friday, July 13. There will be four one-hour recordings of Webinars from...

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Browse here for great posts and visit the COT Community for recent posts

This website contains some outstanding blog posts; stay here and browse. For blog posts since mid-2012, visit the College Open Textbooks (COT) Community blog page. Many of the members of that community...

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