The textbook market is in upheaval. We have new editions coming out more frequently, on-line used bookstores, rental programs, etextbooks for downloading or accessing online, international versions (black and white) being used in the US, and open access textbooks. If you are interested in learning more about this situation, you should sign up for this free webinar.
This is part of a FIPSE grant project of the Florida Distance Learning Consortium, of which UM is a member.
Bill Vilberg
Instructional Advancement
Richter Library, Room 325
bill.vilberg@miami.edu<mailto:bill.vilberg@miami.edu>
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Can a Great Textbook be Free?
Building a Sustainable New Text Model in the Era of the $200 Textbook
Thursday, January 27, 2011
2:00 - 3:00 PM EST/11:00 AM - Noon PST
Cost: None
Registration: Required
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Sponsors:
Fulfilling the Promise of Open Access Textbooks<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dtr4fkcab&et=1103835131452&s=0&e=001YZlozkgY_dWrmPVSmScpMOMa-5g3OYx36xjSVSHf0boT0PTHy2VCsmebY1T4YsN_FhCVPeT0H3z6u8lvThfPPtAZUSVPmWss2cLbtexlNl8GI1N_SyyQwtdh3C7hxjcd>, a 2009-2011 FIPSE special grant project of the Florida Distance Learning Consortium, State of Florida AND College Open Textbooks<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dtr4fkcab&et=1103835131452&s=0&e=001YZlozkgY_dWrmPVSmScpMOMa-5g3OYx36xjSVSHf0boT0PTHy2VCsmebY1T4YsN_FhCVPeT0H3wAjY00GE1a_1UolBXVF-ARQts1lz9Fd2Ah4z4JALwnGxuuZY_IZP1m>: funded by a grant from the Hewlett Foundation.
Presenter:
Eric Frank, Co-Founder and Director, Flat World Knowledge<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dtr4fkcab&t=wpwmvleab.0.ejr8cneab.dtr4fkcab.98&ts=S0585&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flatworldknowledge.com%2F>
With the emergence of disruptive new business models, higher education publishing is in a state of tremendous flux. The rise of high quality, peer-reviewed open textbooks challenges the current status quo and the traditional model of overpriced, inflexible and too-often revised textbooks. Eric Frank will discuss:
* Why Higher Education Publishing is failing to meet the needs of today's students, faculty, authors and institutions
* Emerging new textbooks based on openly licensed content
* Challenges and opportunities to building a sustainable new model of textbooks based on the economics of free
For more information visit: www.openaccesstextbooks.org<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=dtr4fkcab&t=wpwmvleab.0.zxspwaeab.dtr4fkcab.98&ts=S0585&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openaccesstextbooks.org%2F>.
Please contact David Nelson at dnelson@distancelearn.org<mailto:dnelson@distancelearn.org> or (850) 921-2796 if you have any questions regarding the webinar, registration, or have an idea for a webinar topic or speaker. Thank you for your continued interest in open textbooks!
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