Interesting announcement below for people teaching Intro Psych. Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
[email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo Begin forwarded message: > > > Message From: Ed Diener > Position/Title: Professor Emeritus > School/Organization: University of Illinois > > The Diener Education Fund has created an internet site for free college > textbooks, and our first text – Introduction to Psychology – is mostly > on-line now. > > Please forward email to people who teach introduction to psychology or other > courses that might use some of the chapters. > > The website is: Nobaproject.com > > Here are a few facts about the first textbook: > > --120 authors (7 winners of the APS William James Award) who are all experts > on the chapters they authored. Authors such as Elizabeth Loftus, Henry > Roediger, Roy Baumeister, Susan Fiske, and so forth. > --80+ chapters > --11 topic areas in psychology > --4.8 out of a 5.0 average rater satisfaction > --1000’s of instructor, student, and independent users > > In a month the entire textbook will be on the site and it is available for > free to anyone in the world. Our goal is to create a new model for college > textbooks. Here are some reasons professors should adopt the book: > > (1) It is free. This makes education more affordable (especially important > for the poor and those in the developing world). New texts now are $170 US > dollars, and used or rented materials – even e-materials – are still in the > $60-90 range! For a very small class size, our book will save the classroom > of students $ 3,000 per semester, and for a large class it will save the > students over $100,000 per semester! We hope professors will join the > movement to make education less expensive for their students. Although > professors choose which text to use, it is students who most benefit from the > free nature of the e-book. > > (2) It is written by experts. Rather than a small number of generalist > authors each Noba chapter is written by an expert on that topic. > > (3) It is flexible. Instructors can easily choose which chapters they want to > teach, place them in any order they like, and easily digitally assign them to > students using a passcode. > > (4) It is environmentally friendly. As institutions move to more sustainable > formats digital materials are increasingly valued. > > (5) It is both traditional and cutting-edge. The chapters reflected in the > Noba collection represent the standard canon of introduction to psychology > courses as well as cutting edge chapters reflecting new trends in science. > > (6) It is open and crowd-sourced. Noba is available to anyone to use and to > share with others. Noba also continually requests feedback from users to help > guide innovations and new topic areas. This helps balance traditional expert > offerings with the desires of users to create materials that will be both > authoritative and usable. > > Please pass along this note and information to individuals who teach related > courses. > > Thanks, > Ed and Carol Diener and the Noba Project Team > > > ---------- > Sent courtesy of Social Psychology Network > Click on this link to unsubscribe from this list UNSUBSCRIBE > An email will automatically open with "Unsubscribe" in the subject area. Just > Send the message, as is, to unsubscribe from this list.. > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=29934 or send a blank email to leave-29934-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
