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Examining the Reuse of Open Textbooks
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Hilton, John, III; Wiley, David A.; Lutz, Neil – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
An important element of open educational resources (OER) is the permission to use the materials in new ways, including revising and remixing them. Prior research has shown that the revision and remix rates for OER are relatively low. In this study we examined the extent to which the openly licensed "Flat World Knowledge" textbooks were being…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Textbooks, Open Source Technology, Textbook Content
Let China Submit to "My" Mood: The Morbid Nationalism Marketed by "China Is Unhappy"
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Jiaxiang, Wu – Chinese Education and Society, 2011
The book "China Is Unhappy" that made the list of best sellers not so long ago is blowing like an icy wind in spring and is poisoning the nation's mental state as though laden with a virus of unhappiness. Those who are most susceptible to it are groups of underage persons with mentalities that are still fragile and young people who have…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Foreign Countries, Ideology, Political Attitudes
Tough Love: An Open Letter to Kids' Book Publishers
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McBride, Diantha – School Library Journal, 2009
During the past 30 years, the author has worked with children and young adults from ages 3 to 18 (not to mention teachers, families, administrators, lecturers, and visiting authors), and she has read a lot of books. Because there are so many kids' books being published these days, she is not expecting total perfection. Still, there are many things…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Layout (Publications), Textbook Preparation, Textbook Research
Open Textbook Proof-of-Concept via Connexions
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Baker, Judy; Thierstein, Joel; Fletcher, Kathi; Kaur, Manpreet; Emmons, Jonathan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
To address the high cost of textbooks, Rice University's Connexions and the Community College Open Textbook Project (CCOTP) collaborated to develop a proof-of-concept free and open textbook. The proof-of-concept served to document a workflow process that would support adoption of open textbooks. Open textbooks provide faculty and students with a…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbooks, Community Colleges, Textbook Publication
If Intercultural Competence Is the Goal, What Are the Materials?
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Chapelle, Carol A. – Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) (NJ3), 2010
Language educators argue that foreign language learning in the United States should increase students' intercultural competence (IC), which will allow them to see relationships among different cultures, mediate across cultures, and critically analyze cultures including their own. Qualitative research investigating students experiences with such…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, French
E-Books: Why They Matter for Distance Education--And How They Could Get Much Better
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Rothman, David – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2006
In his assessment of the current state of e-book technology, David Rothman illustrates the value of e-books for educators, accounts for why the technology has not been more widely embraced, and discusses new developments that suggest a better future for e-books. For educators, particularly distance educators, e-books hold great potential to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Publishing, Intermode Differences, Performance Factors