Community College Open Textbook Collaborative

The CCOTC is committed to learning how best to bring Open Textbooks to the instructors and students who want them. To that end we are working hard to provide strong supports for educators willing to take the lead. Please review these tutorials to help you get started in Connexions. Please send us any feedback or suggestions how best to help you.

• Webinar Save $$ with Free and Open Textbooks 
  Session Archive Link @ONE
  Conducted by Dr. Judy Baker, Dean - Foothill Global Access, reviews the steps of how to get Open Textbooks for your course. Save students money, support open educational resources, and become part of the growing movement to bring education costs down.
  
• UNESCO OER Tool Kit
  
• Adopting Open Textbooks 
  A learning module at Connexions

• Author Training for CNX

The Connexions Project has added a new item titled: “Authoring Connexions Modules using Microsoft Word Documents” to its Connexions Documentation lens at: http://cnx.org/lenses/cnxorg/documentation

Kenneth Leroy Busbee , Connexions featured author, winner in the HPC Cup for High Performance Computing education, and Houston Community College faculty member, wrote this training collection. It is designed for new authors and can be used as self-study or as part of a workshop on creating open textbooks. A direct link to the material: http://cnx.org/content/col11154/latest/