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Open Textbooks Win Over Publishers In CA
Unequivocal writes "Recently California's Governor announced a free digital textbook competition. The results of that competition were announced today. Many traditional publishers submitted textbooks in this digital textbook competition in CA as well as open publishers. An upstart nonprofit organization named CK-12 contributed a number of textbooks (all free and open source material). 'Of the 16 free digital textbooks for high school math and science reviewed, ten meet at least 90 percent of California's standards. Four meet 100 percent of standards.' Three of those recognized as 100% aligned to California standards were from CK-12 and one from H. Jerome Keisler. None of the publisher's submissions were so recognized. CK-12 has a very small staff, so this is a great proof of the power of open textbooks and open educational resources."
...of insolvency.
Makes that free stuff all the better.
No way, there are so many changes to Roman History all the time it definitely takes a full time publishing staff to keep up.
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Don't you see how un-American this is? Your socialist "open" information is destroying yet another wholesome American industry. I bet we can blame Obama.
I actually posted before you from my kindle, but amazon deleted it.
I always used to go though my textbooks before I turned them in and highlighted useless phrases and wrote totally incorrect notes in them.
But I am an asshole after all.
The problem is that the education industry is a ridiculous racket. The textbook industry is merely a subset of the education industry.
I couldn't agree more
Everybody always thinks that the for profit companies charge more for textbooks than the college run bookstores. That is not true, most college run bookstores charge a higher markup than the contractual markup that the for profit companies have (the for profit companies have a contract with the college or university that--among other things--sets the amount of markup the bookstore charges for textbooks over the publisher's price).
Agreed as well. In fact while I was in school and when I managed to get my parents to buy my textbooks, they wouldn't even bother with the local bookstores (including the university ones). Instead they would scour the Internet for them and usually find them for 1/3 of the price. The downside to this, however, is I'd come in with some pretty janky-ass looking books that weren't even allowed to be sold to people in my region, complete with 'NOT FOR SALE IN NORTH AMERICA' disclaimers printed all over the covers. Boy was that a conversation starter for my fellow classmates.
If you noticed, it said "math and science textbooks"
"No way, there are so many changes to Basic Algebra all the time it definitely takes a full time publishing staff to keep up!"
Better now?
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No way, there are so many changes to the laws of physics teached at high school all the time it definitely takes a full time publishing staff to keep up.
Teached?
You must have used the free English textbook.
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Wow, a person who is truly upset by the typography of a math textbook.
I commend you. You sir, are a nerd's nerd.
New people keep winning wars around the world, and once that is done, they get started on re-writing history...
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I demand to see Julius Caesar's birth certificate!
I remember one textbook I had as a child argued that the reason that Lowland Scots prospered in comparison with Highland Scots was due the Protestant work ethic bestowed upon them through Prebyterianism - in comparison, the Highlanders succumbed to their lethargic Catholic proclivities. Hilarious in hindsight, but slightly disturbing as real teaching.
That's hilarious indeed, when according to my textbook the real reason was that there was an immortal Highlander who kept running around cutting peoples' heads off while screaming "There can be only one!" until someone finally managed to explain to him that the rule was about immortals, not Scotsmen. But by then the damage had been done in the Highlands.
Makes a lot more sense, don't you think?
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Now that I've solved that mystery I'm going to get some mcdonalds.
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