Community College Open Textbook

The Community College Open Textbook Project is featured in an article titled Online Texts for Community Colleges in the April 29th issue of Inside Higher Ed.

New OER Blog - Changes Next Exit

Cable Green, elearning director at the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and member of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources, recently launched a new blog about open educational resources.  Take a look at Changes Next Exit blog for “musings on how Community and Technical Colleges can (1) fully engage open educational resources and (2) develop a culture of sharing and receiving. Cable Green is the eLearning Director at the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges in Olympia, WA.”

NY Times Editorial about Textbooks

The New York Times recently published an editorial about combating the high price of textbooks.  Mentioned in the editorial is a study by Ronald Dorn, Arizona State University, about the effectiveness of free online textbooks.

Bamboo Project Seeks Participation

The Bamboo Project is actively seeking institutions and organizations to participate in their effort to enable and foster academic innovation through sharing and collaboration.  Contact the Project Bamboo to join as a member of the Bamboo Planning Community.