Acorns to oaks? British Columbia continues its progress with OERs
BCcampus (2016) Back to school buzz: 2 million in student savings BCcampus Newsletter, September 16
BCcampus (2016) BCcampus approved, Hewlett and AVED funded OER grants in...
ISBN and citation for ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’
ISBNs
I have now navigated Library and Archives Canada's system to get ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers) issued for Teaching in a Digital Age and...
Talking numbers about open publishing and online learning
Please forgive me here for a little self-indulgence. By sheer coincidence, two statistics converged yesterday.
2 million blog post hits
First, I passed the 2 million...
French version of ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ now available
The French version of 'Teaching in a Digital Age', L'enseignement a l'ère numerique', is now available from here.
I am very grateful to Contact North|Contact Nord...
The future of learning content – and campus bookstores
Ellis, T. (2016) Developing a course content strategy University Business, February
This article has made me realise the still massive difference between what actually happens...
What students spend on textbooks and how it affects open textbooks
Hill, P. (2015) Bad Data Can Lead To Bad Policy: College students don’t spend $1,200+ on textbooks, e-Literate, November 8
Caulfield, M. (2015) Asking What Students Spend...
Update on British Columbia’s open textbook project
BCcampus has just announced that as of October 30, 2015, it has now made available 23 new 'Common Core' open textbooks for the Province of B.C.’s...
Some implications of online open publishing
One of the differences between an online open textbook and a commercial printed textbook is that developments with an open textbook are continuous rather than...
Guidelines for reviewing an open textbook
I'm not sure that there is much of an immediate 'market' for these posts on issues around developing an open textbook (or maybe everyone...
Writing an online, open textbook: is it worth it?
In earlier posts, I have discussed how to measure the success of an open, online textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age, and also discussed...