Working Groups/opentextbooks

= Working Group on Open Textbooks =

Purpose

 * 1) Act as a central point of reference and support for people interested in open textbooks.
 * 2) Organise events for those interested in open textbooks
 * 3) Document existing open textbooks and open textbook projects
 * 4) Act as a hub for the development of low cost, community driven open textbook projects

Possible Projects

 * Open textbook prize
 * Maintain a shared registry of open textbooks
 * Open textbook RSS aggregator
 * See: friendfeed.com/rooms/opentextbooks
 * Collection of case studies?
 * Versioned repository of existing open textbooks
 * See: opentextbook.org/repository/

Project Members

 * Karen Fasimpaur, K12 Open Ed
 * Katherine Fletcher, Connexions
 * Amee Evans Godwin, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education
 * Jonathan Gray, The Open Knowledge Foundation
 * Professor David Joyner, USNA + Open Source Mathematics
 * Alex Kozak, Creative Commons
 * Rufus Pollock, The Open Knowledge Foundation
 * Chris Watkins, Appropedia
 * Andrew Whitworth, Wikibooks

Participate

 * Join the mailing list http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/opentextbooks
 * Email info [at] okfn [dot] org.