Embedding videos and images from OTsummit

Last week the 3rd annual open textbook summit was held in Vancouver B.C. There was an amazing turn out and it was clear that this initiative is picking up steam, from various institutions including the BC and Alberta provincial governments, faculty and students. This is an eg. of how media elements (video and pics) can be “embedded” from external sites such as youtube and flickr.

There was a graphic recording on site to augment the keynote, it had an immediate as well as a delayed impact, by design.

This image was created on from amazing keynote from Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani titled “An openness to openness: The terrifying and liberating process of disrupting higher education”.

October 6, 2014

An open textbook on Innovation by Design

Whether you are wanting to learn more about wicked problems and design thinking, or you’re trying to move away from directing your learners to a pricey textbook for your course on design thinking, you will enjoy this new creative commons licensed open ebook titled ‘Innovation by Design’.

This ‘living textbook’ was a collaboration between Dr. David Dunne and the EdMedia team at SFU. Enjoy!

The interactive PDF is available now as a Dropbox downloadable file.

This living text is also available through the iTunes App Store for your iOS / iPad media tablet!

September 11, 2014

Open Textbook Event @ SFU Library October 23

Coming up next month at the SFU Library, a special discussion on an innovative practice that is sure to impact the student learning experience, if not their pocketbooks as well.

Open Textbooks: New Models in Textbook Production

Invites you to

…In celebrating Open Access Week, SFU Library is delighted to bring together a range of perspectives on open textbooks. Students spend roughly $1,000 per year on textbooks, and are increasingly advocating for freely available textbooks. In this province, BCcampus has been overseeing the Open Textbook Project, which involves creating 40 open textbooks in a variety of disciplines, and many faculty members have started to adopt or adapt open textbooks for their courses. Join us for an interactive session featuring three speakers actively engaged in the production, adoption, and use of open textbooks. Bring your questions and comments to this open discussion.

As a common practice in the Edmedia team, we will be there to get the latest info.