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Teaching in an Age of Plenty: November 9, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2012
The practice and profession of teaching developed in the presence of a great scarcity of knowledge. Ubiquitous information and ever more powerful search and knowledge engines have changed the pro…
The Math that Matters behind Math and Science (E-)Textbooks: March 14, 2012 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2012
Converting a math-intensive textbook to an e-book can be tricky and time-consuming, especially if it's a collaborative book. Simply moving the paper content to an e-book leads to "shovelw…
Openness: Decoupling the Future to Radically Improve Access to Education: October 10, 2011

The costs of higher education are soaring for a variety of reasons. A significant factor that will continue to drive costs over the next two decades is that the number of students trying to ente…
How Digital Content + Open Licenses + Open Policies = Sustainable Educational Resources for All: September 12, 2011

Cable Green, Director of Global Learning @ Creative Commons, will discuss how, if we are smart, we will use today's technical and legal tools to build and share high quality, affordable edu…
Got Open Textbook?: September 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session
This session will focus on my journey of finding, adopting, and using open-source educational resources in physics and astronomy classes over the past three years. Enrollment in classes is up, st…
Dispelling Myths about OER/Open Textbooks: September 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session
Myths about open textbooks rival those of ancient heroes. Learn the truth behind these misconceptions. This presentation will dispel four myths and touch on several others. OER myth: Demand is hi…
And the Text Keeps Evolving: September 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session
This session will describe the evolution of Collaborative Statistics from hard-copy text, to a Web 1.0 version, to its recent Web 2.0 mode. The speaker will include various enhancements and suppl…
Reporting on the Findings of the Florida Student Textbook Survey: May 16, 2011

It’s clear that the high cost of textbooks has become a burden for students, with significant implications for student learning, success, and finances. Multiple solutions are being proposed for…
Textbook Affordability: Emerging Solutions in Ohio: April 4, 2011

Over the past few years, we've seen a growing interest in electronic educational resources and a move toward digital textbooks as a way to help a financially distressed higher education. Dur…
The Open Textbook Puzzle: February 16, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011
Can open textbooks provide a viable solution to high-cost textbooks? Are they quality books? What will encourage faculty to develop or adopt them? What is a book? How do students prefer to use text…

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