Here are links to sites that offer open textbooks. Also, I've added links that were mentioned during our discussion about etextbooks.
- FlatWorld Knowledge
How it works
Example: College Level Writing Handbook
- CollegeOpenTextbooks.org
List of Business Books
Business Book Reviews (Some but not all are reviewed)
- Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities
Example: Business Fundamentals
Example: XHTML Forms
- MERLOT Open Textbooks 1611 (as of May 3)
- Orange Grove: Florida's Digital Repository
- The Assayer - Search by author, title or subject with a special emphasis on science, math, computing.
- Global Text Project
Example: Database Systems for Management
- Open Textbooks Catalog (The Student PIRGs)
Recent Campus Technology articles about etextbooks:
- Can Tech Transcend the Textbook (March 2011)
- Stepping Up to the Genius Bar (May 2011)
New Link as of 5-19-11)
- Webinar on Attacking High Text Costs While Improving Outcomes (1hr 24 minutes long). One of the panelists is Cable Green and the video was posted to the FlatWorld Knowledge YouTube Channel.
New Links as of 5-13-11)
- Readability - this is the website Monique mentioned that gathers the links within a web page and places them below the content like footnotes. This can prevent skipping around while reading that can be very distracting. There is a free add-on but you can also subscribe for $5.00 month and get many extra features.
- Mobile Content is Twice as Difficult - Jakob Nielsen's recent study on reading comprehension when using mobile devices. Depressing!
- Writing for the Web - a list of articles published by Jakob Nielsen on writing for the Web. Since most of us do provide content for the Web, some of these articles are must read.
