On Wed, June 1, 2011 4:57 pm, James Simmons wrote: > Tim, > > I am working on a FLOSS Manual which may be relevant: > > http://en.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/ > > James Simmons
I and others are working on Free digital textbook replacements http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks at http://booki.treehouse.su a temporary test server that we plan to move to a Sugar Labs subdomain. It uses the FLOSS Manuals booki software for collaborative book writing, editing, and publishing. > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Tim McNamara > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was wondering how open educational resources (OER) find their way into >> the >> minds of learners. I have some capacity to be able to help, but I would >> like to learn more. >> As background, I've recently begun contracting full time to the Open >> Knowledge Foundation[0]. One of the projects that the organisation runs >> is Open Text Book[1]. >> The project is mostly dormant. I would like to awaken it. However, there >> are many ebook repositories in existence. I am collecting links to them, and other such directories, on the Open Education Resources page of the Sugar Labs Wiki. Please add your projects to it. There are over a hundred thousand Free resources listed on just one site, and I keep finding out about more and more sites. >> I would like advice on the best way to help. I have a suggestion for your consideration. Sugar education software is currently in the hands of about two million children, a number which we expect to grow rapidly as more countries fund the OLPC program for all of their children. OER development based on Sugar software thus has the opportunity for the largest deployments in the world, eventually about a billion children at a time. >> Some questions: >> - Do educators use digital content from non-traditional sources? Big question. The short answer is, Yes, some teachers do. >> - What is missing for learners and teachers? We need a set of materials under Free license covering every subject at every level for every country in every language needed. They must integrate the use of XOs and Sugar software into every topic, both in the classroom and in homework assignments. >> - Are things easy enough for people creating learning material to get >> it into the hands of others? It varies enormously. However, it is expected to become much easier, now that computers with Free Software and OERs cost much less than printed textbooks in many countries. Countries that have not been able to afford adequate textbooks will still need outside help. Our strategy will be in part to distribute OERs based on Sugar along with Sugar on XOs and on XS School Servers. We also propose to create OERs to meet national requirements, for example with local content in health, history, geography, agriculture, literature, and so on. We have localizers for Sugar software in about a hundred languages, and we expect to be able to recruit translators from each of those language groups >> Thanks all >> Tim McNamara >> Professional \\ paperlessprojects.com >> Personal \\ @timClicks | timmcnamara.co.nz >> [0] http://okfn.org >> [1] http://www.opentextbook.org/repository/ >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Replacing_Textbooks _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
