College Open Textbooks BLOG

CCCOER Board member, Dr. Cable Green – Director of eLearning & Open Education, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges – asked us to forward this webinar invitation.

Title: How to Drive College Costs Down and Quality Up in TX and CA: Emerging Textbook Solutions
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST/1:30 PM CST/2:30 PM EST
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/399352082

Long recognized for their far-reaching influence on education and textbook publishing, California and Texas are poised to be national leaders in efforts to reduce barriers to higher education and combat escalating textbook prices.

Join CA Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez; Dr. Charles Cook, Vice Chancellor, Houston Community College; Eric Frank, President, Flat World Knowledge; and Dennis Passovoy of The University of Texas at Austin for this webcast on new textbook affordability initiatives and the rise of open textbooks.

Webcast will discuss:

• Why textbooks costs have sky-rocketed.
• How textbook costs impact students, faculty and institutions.
• Current efforts in CA and TX to address textbook affordability and  educate faculty on emerging solutions.
• What defines open educational resources and open textbooks, and how they can reduce student costs by 80 percent, while increasing quality and accessibility, and faculty innovation.