oer handbook
We’ve completed the print layout for the Open Educational Resources Handbook for Educators v 1.0! Our favorite designer, Corrine Beaumont, has done an amazing job with the print layout, all the way down to using openly licensed typefaces throughout.
The printed, paperback version of the OER Handbook is available through Lulu.com in both black and white and full color formats. Of course, as an openly licensed book, the fully formatted PDFs are available for free download in both black and white and full color.
Also, I’m very excited to announce that thanks to the generous support of Open Ed 2008 conference sponsor Agilix, Open Ed 2008 conference participants will each be receiving a printed copy of the OER Handbook. My thanks to Seth, the Wikieducator community, Corrine, the Hewlett Foundation, and Agilix for making the handbook possible!
COSL’s Seth Gurrell is blogging our new OER Handbook project. The project goal is to provide a free online resource (and low-cost printed resource for offline use) that provides an introduction to the OER world and helps people learn how to participate. We’ll be starting with materials from Wikieducator, OLCOS, our recent OER Interoperability meeting, and other places around the web. If you know of additional sources, please let Seth know!
We understand fully that the project won’t succeed if only a small number of people are involved. Seth will be working diligently to make sure that we have good participation from the community in the project, and will make sure that this open project stays open from start to finish. He currently is asking for the community’s feedback on the table of contents. Please get involved and help make this resource the best it can be.
