Textbooks in BrowsersKathi Fletcher@kefletcher, @oerpub
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@oerpub@kefletcherhttp://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13#bib13My Background
Tools for Remixing Open Education Resources Kathi Fletcher Connexions PM and Technical Director 4 YrsShuttleworth Foundation Fellow 3 Yrs
Vision for learningStudent image: By Ron player8 (On College, only for distribution.) CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
My classes and my past knowledge
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Everywhere I am, on all my devices
Content with connections
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classes, textbooks, articlesLearning content
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online, mobile, printEverywhereclasses, textbooks, articles
Books & courses in - flash cards outBirds By Pierre Dalous (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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If I have to remember a poem, then use speech to text to "grade" me. This can quiz me about when the exam is, and give me pictures of people I met at a conference to remember their names.
Learning content in - practice probs out
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How? Find definitions for flash cards.
How? Find learner's notes
How? Find exercises and problems
What is needed to achieve the vision?Common FormatRecognizable structure (definitions, exercises, etc.)
Easy to use editor for authors
Easy to extend
Publicly available books
All possible now HTML5 (language of the web)Separate structure and style
HTMLBook, TextbookHTML
EPUB3 (language of mobile web)
Browser-based technology
Create, annotate, view on the web
Content hostsGithub, Connexions
Github-Bookeditor
Principles: as much like word/gdocs as possible
Principle: support attribution
Principle: born accessibleImages, tables, mathematics
Principle: Mathematics editing support
Principle: drag and drop examples, exercises, notes
Principle: Support collaboration
About github-bookeditor Usability, accessibility
Books stored on github
Format EPUB3/HTML5 (TextbookHTML)
Edit in the browser
Open source (github.com/oerpub)
Based on Aloha
Embeddable, adaptable
View book on github
Services: PDF on demand
Services: PDF on demand
Other versions of the editor: remix.oerpub.org
Other versions of the editor: remix.oerpub.org
Connexions' version of the editor
Another adaptation: DHWriter
Try it outBookeditor (alpha): (Chrome only right now)If you don't have a github account, x out of the login and you can be anonymousDemo book opens and has some more information and linkseditor.oerpub.orgoroerpub.github.io/github-bookeditorDevelopers: github.com/oerpub/github-bookeditorgithub.com/oerpub/Aloha-Editorgithub.com/philschatz/pdf-ci
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Help us integrate EPUBjs and Hypothes.is
Use vagrant to get a developer instance upand explore your own ideas to extend the editor.
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@oerpub@kefletcherhttp://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13#bib13
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@oerpub@kefletcherhttp://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13#bib13
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Click to edit the outline text formatSecond Outline LevelThird Outline LevelFourth Outline LevelFifth Outline LevelSixth Outline LevelSeventh Outline Level
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