Category Archives: Textbook

Open Textbooks at Humboldt State University

Posted on August 22, 2014 by geoffcain

The Jolly Giant Commons (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I presented the other day at Humboldt State University‘s conference “Institute for Student Success.” I was really pleased that the organizers seem to recognize economic barriers to education as a factor in student … Continue reading →

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Open Textbooks and Student Success

Posted on February 1, 2014 by geoffcain

Cable Green (Photo: Jeffrey Beall) The tirelessly brilliant and ubiquitous Cable Green sent out today’s announcement from Creative Commons about the U.S. PIRG Education Fund report called, “Fixing the Broken Textbook Market: How Students Respond to High Textbook Costs and Demand … Continue reading →

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Durbin, Franken Introduce Legislation to Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable

Posted on November 15, 2013 by geoffcain

U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, Ill.  The cost of new textbooks has increased 82%, three times faster than inflation, over the last decade. [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Al Franken (D-MN) today introduced legislation designed to help … Continue reading →

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OER: Neuro-Cloud: a new model of textbooks

Posted on February 21, 2013 by geoffcain

I am really excited about Neuro-Cloud. I heard about it in a tweet from Creative Commons this morning and went to take a look. This is a textbook that is being created by a community of neuroscientists who first began … Continue reading →

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OER: Saylor Foundation’s New Bookshelf

Posted on December 31, 2012 by geoffcain

Saylor Foundation The Saylor Foundation is making spirits bright and starting the New Year right by ensuring that openly licensed, free textbooks remain freely available to students. You may have seen their press release. Their “Bookshelf” page is already up … Continue reading →

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Open Academics at the University of Minnesota

Posted on October 31, 2012 by geoffcain

The Richardsonian Romanesque Pillsbury Hall (1889) is one of the oldest buildings on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I was really excited this morning to see Stacy Olson’s tweet (@OlsonStacy) about the University of Minnesota’s Open … Continue reading →

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OERs and Biology at Collge of the Redwoods

Posted on February 29, 2012 by geoffcain

On Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 4:00 PM PST Geoff Cain & Wendy Riggs present on switch from a commercial textbook to open education resources for a Biology course for non-Biology majors at College of the Redwoods, a two-year community … Continue reading →

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Beating the High Cost of Education with Open Textbooks

Posted on February 3, 2012 by geoffcain

I wrote this as a Tech Beat article for the Times Standard: Jonas is a 20-year-old College of the Redwoods student. He works part-time at a local auto shop and wants to one day open his own business. He needs … Continue reading →

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Apple Innovates Away Textbook Access and Affordabilty

Posted on January 30, 2012 by geoffcain

I wanted to write a few notes here about many of the questions and comments I have read on Twitter and elsewhere about the iPad and textbook authoring. Two things that Apple does well is marketing and innovation. Sometimes though, … Continue reading →

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OERs: Why Commercial Electronic Textbooks Are No Bargain

Posted on January 19, 2012 by geoffcain

Earlier this month, there was a posting at the California State Library blog that said that, according to a Dayton College study, the savings for students using electronic textbooks was only a dollar: “Despite the promise that digital textbooks can … Continue reading →

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