>From Sam Lanfranco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
Dear ISDF Colleagues, I am working with a group of (mainly) developing country colleagues who are interested in mounting an Open Source Textbook Initiative. They are increasingly concerned about the degree of concentration and prices in the supply basic university textbooks. They envision a scheme whereby individual contributors work on different parts of a subject, with the resulting "chapters" being posted online as Open Source curricular material both suitable for use as is and available for custom revision to fit the local course context. Material could be used online or downloaded to print, CD, or whatever. I have worked in the past on initiatives to promote open access to Scholarly publications. I have done small things with INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) and am well aware of initiative like their African Journals On Line (AJOL) See: http://www.inasp.info/ajol/ . I am also aware of the work on online "learning objects". We will be having a late May conference (at York University, Toronto) that includes sessions on learning objects. If anyone in ISDF is aware of similar efforts at Open Source Textbook material, or other approaches to dealing with the costs and content of textbooks issue, please contact me. Sam Lanfranco Distributed Knowledge Project York University _______________________________________________ Isdf mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/isdf ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-india-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-general _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
