Toward Open Access Textbooks and Post-textbooks
The Institute for the Future of the Book has launched next\text, a project "to encourage the creation of born-digital learning materials that enhance, expand, and ultimately replace the printed textbook." The web site doesn't say so, but the focus seems to be on learning materials that are both multimedia and open access. From the about page (quote by OA News blog):
There are two main components of the next\text project, this website being the first: an ongoing showcase of some of the most significant digital learning projects in the field. The experiments represented here are varied. Some do not consitute complete "textbooks" in themselves, but rather, individual strains of development, that, when taken together, begin to create a new idea of what a textbook can be. This idea contains many facets, which include, but are in no way limited to: "expanded" multimedia textbooks; open textbooks continually improved by teachers and students; dynamic, networked textbooks with live or regularly updating components; and multi-user playspaces and games. The curated site will serve as the planning stage for the second component: an invite-only meeting to be held some time in the coming year where the innovators behind these projects will meet and engage....But first, we'll focus on laying out the pieces here on this site, and for this we need your help. In order to get the fullest sense of what is possible, next\text hopes to draw on the collective intelligence of the community - educators, publishers, designers, students - to not only identify the most important developments in digital learning, but to grapple with the big questions that must be asked as we make this shift. How will the textbook of the future be owned and distributed? What new mechanisms must be developed for warranting authority in a more fluid matrix? How do we build a critical framework for mulitimedia scholarship?...Readers are invited to comment on showcased work, to suggest other projects of interest, and to join discussions and introduce topics on our forums. We encourage readers to bring their insight to bear on this process. (Thanks to Academic Commons and Peter Suber)
There are two main components of the next\text project, this website being the first: an ongoing showcase of some of the most significant digital learning projects in the field. The experiments represented here are varied. Some do not consitute complete "textbooks" in themselves, but rather, individual strains of development, that, when taken together, begin to create a new idea of what a textbook can be. This idea contains many facets, which include, but are in no way limited to: "expanded" multimedia textbooks; open textbooks continually improved by teachers and students; dynamic, networked textbooks with live or regularly updating components; and multi-user playspaces and games. The curated site will serve as the planning stage for the second component: an invite-only meeting to be held some time in the coming year where the innovators behind these projects will meet and engage....But first, we'll focus on laying out the pieces here on this site, and for this we need your help. In order to get the fullest sense of what is possible, next\text hopes to draw on the collective intelligence of the community - educators, publishers, designers, students - to not only identify the most important developments in digital learning, but to grapple with the big questions that must be asked as we make this shift. How will the textbook of the future be owned and distributed? What new mechanisms must be developed for warranting authority in a more fluid matrix? How do we build a critical framework for mulitimedia scholarship?...Readers are invited to comment on showcased work, to suggest other projects of interest, and to join discussions and introduce topics on our forums. We encourage readers to bring their insight to bear on this process. (Thanks to Academic Commons and Peter Suber)
posted by Israel Scholar | 24.9.05
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