Nov
17
CETPA Digital Textbook Panel Speech
November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
The digital textbook revolution is not new, and can even be traced back to 1971 when Project Gutenberg began digitizing public domain novels. Today, more than 30K free books and primary source documents are available for download from their site. For the past several years, College professors have been writing their own textbooks and releasing [...]
Nov
10
Digital Textbook Revolution in Texas: Political Skirmish, Innovation, & Unmasking
November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
While California was leading the digital textbook revolution last summer, with the Governor’s Free Digital Textbook Initiative, Texas was attempting it’s own revolution, both in textbooks and in politics.
I’ve reported previously about last summer’s legislation in Texas that went far beyond California’s bills. The two additional components, allowing Texas’ universities to write open source textbooks [...]
Nov
2
Three California-Adopted Digital Textbooks and What They Tell Us About the Disruption
November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
CLRN is fortunate to be located at the Stanislaus County Office of Education, which also houses a Learning Resource Display Center (LRDC). Ours is one of 30 LRDCs in California where local educators can peruse adopted textbooks before making purchases. So, when my curiosity led me to investigate the current state of digital textbooks created [...]
