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- Charles Severance on OER Funding: Ask the Right Questions
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Author Archives: Michael Feldstein
Webinar on Textbooks
I just wanted to drop a quick note to point out that the always interesting Rob Reynolds will be running a webinar on the future of the textbook on Friday. Here are the deets: The Future of Digital Textbooks in … Continue reading
OER Funding: Ask the Right Questions
David Wiley writes: You have to admit that some of the things the publishers are working on are both cooler and better than almost everything that currently exists in the OER space. Can you name a single OER project that … Continue reading
When It Comes to Content, Say “Yes” to Wrappers But “No” to Containers
Scott Leslie has a good post up ruminating on the moving target of open textbooks which reminded me that I have long intended to write a follow-up to an exchange that he, I, and Rob Abel had in the comments … Continue reading
Apple and Textbooks, Part 1: The War on Paper
Unsurprisingly, there has been a lot of good coverage of the Apple announcements already. I’m partial to Phil Hill’s pre- and post-announcement write-ups here at e-Literate as well as Audrey Watters’ analysis at Hack Education. Nevertheless, I do think there are … Continue reading
Posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) Tagged Apple-Inc., Audrey Watters, e-textbooks, iBooks Author, iPads, Phil Hill, Steve Jobs 4 Comments
The Zone of Proximal Curiosity
Gardner Campbell has a great piece at Campus Technology that asks the following question: What if we took another tack, specifying that students should not only remember information but also demonstrate increased curiosity? I have enormous sympathy for this line of inquiry. … Continue reading



