Why would we use Wikieducator to develop "text books"? Seems to me that Wikibooks is already established as the platform for this.
Perhaps your proposal isn't to specifically use Wikieducator but to use multiple platforms. But it does sound as though it will be a Wikieducator focus... On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Maria Droujkova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to ask a naive question: why use the "genre" of textbook at all? > Isn't the very genre a bit... outdated? > > A definition from Wikipedia: "A *textbook* is a manual of instruction or a > standard book in any branch of study. They are produced according to the > demand of educational institutions." > > A standard implies something long-term (permanent?), constant, closed. The > demands are also centralized. > > Do textbooks allow per-student customization, semi-automated in smart > social ways (at least as well as Amazon does for book recommendations)? > Daily or hourly, dynamic changes of content based on who creates what in the > world? User-generated content in general? Interactivity? Sound and video? No > and no and no. And the question is, if we get "all that" from other places, > what is the place of a textbook, then - if any? > > I see two somewhat modern parts in Wayne's list of generic questions: peer > collaboration and print-on-demand. > > > -- > Cheers, > MariaD > > Make math your own, to make your own math. > > naturalmath.com: a sketch of a social math site > groups.google.com/group/naturalmath: a mailing list about math maker > activities > groups.google.com/group/multiplicationstudy the family multiplication > study > > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
