Early Beginnings with Open Textbooks

Quotes from the episode

Sometimes we’re going to take a few steps back, but most days we’re going to take a step forward.
—Matt Rhoads

If you’re willing to put in the work … then you’re going to have a successful book.
—Matt Rhoads

What can you do better than a textbook publisher other than the fact that you can be free?
—Kelly Robinette

What is it that I want my students to walk away from the class knowing that they’re not going to get from a publisher?
—Kelly Robinette

Resources Mentioned

• Beyond the Cloud: Supporting the 6Cs with Educational Technology, Co-editors Kelly Robinette and Bonni Stachowiak
  • On Amazon for purchase*
  • On Pressbooks for online reading
  • On Anchor.fm
  • Website with additional resources
• Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology: A Resource for New Teachers (2017), Co-editors Matt Rhoads and Bonni Stachowiak*
  • On Amazon for purchase*
  • On Pressbooks for online reading
  • Website with additional resources
• Michael Fullen’s 6Cs
• Google docs
• Google Team Drives
• Pressbooks
• Zoom
• Canva
• Pexels
• anchor.fm
• Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
• Beyond the Cloud Podcast on Anchor.fm
• Jade Davis’ HASTAC Release / Privacy Blog Post