Cash-strapped Alberta students leading a push for ‘open textbooks’ | Metro News

lkfitz's bookmarks 2016-10-30

Summary:

"Representatives from five schools across Alberta launched the #textbookbrokeAB campaign this fall to showcase the amount of money students are spending on books.

Instead, they want schools to look more seriously at open source textbooks, or books that have been published and licensed to be used by anyone."

Link:

http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2016/10/26/students-lead-push-for-open-textbooks-with-new-campaign-.html

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » lkfitz's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.students oa.canada oa.oer oa.textbooks oa.prices oa.profits oa.books

Date tagged:

10/30/2016, 17:00

Date published:

10/30/2016, 13:00