Teachers write their own online textbook, save district $175,000

Re:Teachers write their own online textbook, save district $... by edtechdev on Sunday November 06, 2011 @08:38PM (#3204593)

Yeah there are hundreds of examples of open textbooks for both the K-12 and college levels. It's nice to see a few school districts (and colleges - like Western Governors) officially adopting them and replacing the old books. However, again, thousands of instructors are already doing so individually ('edupunks' :)

Here are some open textbook sites:

http://collegeopentextbooks.org/

http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks

http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/

http://www.lightandmatter.com/books.html

Related are the many wiki-based books & notes created in or for courses. For example:

http://anatowiki.wetpaint.com/

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FHSST_Physics

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Re:Teachers write their own online textbook, save district $... by tsellon on Monday November 07, 2011 @06:59AM (#3205905)

Here's a curated list of open texts for mathematics: http://linear.ups.edu/curriculum.html

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Re:Teachers write their own online textbook, save district $... by DanBC on Monday November 07, 2011 @07:33AM (#3206004)

Is there a process of iterative refinement for any of these books?

Perhaps a useful idea would be some kind of version control system; allowing people to fix errors, trim needless fluff, and improve examples.

This could be funded by schools and by philanthropic grants.

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