Comments on: Digital Textbook Initiative in California http://www.markhorner.net/2009/10/13/digital-textbook-initiative-in-california/ A blog about mixing technology, education, openness, and experience in South Africa. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: mark http://www.markhorner.net/2009/10/13/digital-textbook-initiative-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-39 mark Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:11:31 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=99#comment-39 Hi Brian I am a big fan of the Digital Textbook Initiative in general and I'm impressed by how rapidly the list of approved books came about. Usually things move very slowly in education (the world over!) so it was quite refreshing to see. That amplified my disappointment at SB48's 2020 deadline. Ultimately, open textbooks are really ramping up and that will drive the change more so than legislation. This certainly doesn't hinder anything but I think it will become obsolete because of the pressure from the OER movement. I dropped the ball on getting the FHSST books into the approval process and will definitely try a lot harder in the next phase. Cheers Mark Hi Brian

I am a big fan of the Digital Textbook Initiative in general and I’m impressed by how rapidly the list of approved books came about. Usually things move very slowly in education (the world over!) so it was quite refreshing to see. That amplified my disappointment at SB48′s 2020 deadline. Ultimately, open textbooks are really ramping up and that will drive the change more so than legislation. This certainly doesn’t hinder anything but I think it will become obsolete because of the pressure from the OER movement.

I dropped the ball on getting the FHSST books into the approval process and will definitely try a lot harder in the next phase.

Cheers

Mark

]]> By: Brian Bridges http://www.markhorner.net/2009/10/13/digital-textbook-initiative-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Brian Bridges Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:53:00 +0000 http://www.markhorner.net/?p=99#comment-37 I certainly agree that a deadline of 2020 seems far-fetched and meaningless. Still, i'd hate to link SB48 to the two digital textbook bills the Governor signed into law. These definitely move the initiative forward and encourage publishers and districts to charge into the digital age. We're a bit behind Texas which passed two similar bills that went far beyond California's efforts. HB 4294 would, in addition, allow publishers to re-submit books with new content and allow districts to use textbook funds to subscribe to online, interactive textbooks. HB 2488 authorizes colleges/educational institutions to write an open source textbook for use by K-12 students. not bad. now, if only i could find someone to submit books from FHSST to phase two of the Digital Textbook Initiative. Brian I certainly agree that a deadline of 2020 seems far-fetched and meaningless. Still, i’d hate to link SB48 to the two digital textbook bills the Governor signed into law. These definitely move the initiative forward and encourage publishers and districts to charge into the digital age.

We’re a bit behind Texas which passed two similar bills that went far beyond California’s efforts. HB 4294 would, in addition, allow publishers to re-submit books with new content and allow districts to use textbook funds to subscribe to online, interactive textbooks. HB 2488 authorizes colleges/educational institutions to write an open source textbook for use by K-12 students.

not bad.

now, if only i could find someone to submit books from FHSST to phase two of the Digital Textbook Initiative.

Brian

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