I'll try to write on the subject asap. As a former (lowly) adjunct history instructor at a community college and state college, I can attest that instructors do not always have free reign on whether to adopt a textbook or not or even which textbook they use. Department deans often required the use of a textbook and often had already selected the textbook to use, even though such history textbooks are an outdated mode of instruction and acquiring historical knowledge. The adoption of history textbooks has been an ongoing battle wrapped up in politics for many years at the secondary level and higher education across the country (and world) (<a href="http://www.brianscollier.com/classreadings/Problems_of_Bias_in_History_Textbooks.pdf">http://www.brianscollier.com/classreadings/Problems_of_Bias_in_History_Textbooks.pdf</a>). Too many sticky moments, topics, and people in history....<div> </div><div>Mary, you're quite right in saying that there are plenty of angles to cover the required use of textbooks (print or digital) from pre-kindergarten to graduate school.</div><div> </div><div>Carolyn <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Greg DeKoenigsberg <<a href="mailto:greg.dekoenigsberg@gmail.com" target="_blank">greg.dekoenigsberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I don't -- I'm just on a mailing list with her. Happy to reach out though. --g <div><div> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Mary Bitter <<a href="mailto:mbitter@redhat.com" target="_blank">mbitter@redhat.com</a>> wrote: > Wow is right. Thanks for passing this along. > > Greg, do you know Ariel? Think he'd mind if OSDC did a re-post? If not, I > think there are plenty angles to feature this content without being a strait > re-post. > MAB > > > On 06/05/2012 06:01 PM, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > > Wow. This is the kind of ridiculous overreaching that Big Textbook will get > away with if we let them. > > --g > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Ariel Diaz" <<a href="mailto:ariel@boundless.com" target="_blank">ariel@boundless.com</a>> > Date: Jun 5, 2012 3:24 PM > Subject: [OER-advocacy] Counter-post on the danger of forced e-textbook > purchasing > To: <<a href="mailto:oer-advocacy-coalition@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">oer-advocacy-coalition@googlegroups.com</a>> > > Hello Everyone! > > I'm not sure if you saw, but a couple of weeks ago, Tom Malek, VP at > McGraw-Hill, wrote a guest post on Forbes outlining their plan to try and > make e-textbook purchasing 100% required by billing students through the > bursar's office. Naturally this is a huge threat to students, and to the > future of open educational content. > > I wrote a counter-post, which is now live on <a href="http://forbes.com" target="_blank">forbes.com</a>: > > <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2012/06/05/are-free-e-text-books-the-future-or-new-fashioned-copyright-infringement/" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2012/06/05/are-free-e-text-books-the-future-or-new-fashioned-copyright-infringement/</a> > > I imagine a lot of you will be interested. > > Cheers, > > Ariel > > > --- > > Ariel Diaz > Co-Founder and CEO > Boundless > O. <a href="tel:%2B1.617.500.7225" value="+16175007225" target="_blank">+1.617.500.7225</a> - M. <a href="tel:%2B1.508.415.3476" value="+15084153476" target="_blank">+1.508.415.3476</a> > <a href="mailto:ariel@boundless.com" target="_blank">ariel@boundless.com</a> - <a href="http://www.boundless.com" target="_blank">www.boundless.com</a> > Twitter: @arieldiaz - LinkedIn: <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/arieldiaz" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/arieldiaz</a> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OER Advocacy Coalition" group. > To post to this group, send email to > <a href="mailto:oer-advocacy-coalition@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">oer-advocacy-coalition@googlegroups.com</a>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > <a href="mailto:oer-advocacy-coalition%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">oer-advocacy-coalition+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>. > For more options, visit this group at > <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/oer-advocacy-coalition?hl=en" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/oer-advocacy-coalition?hl=en</a>. > > _______________________________________________ > Osdc-edu-authors mailing list > <a href="mailto:Osdc-edu-authors@redhat.com" target="_blank">Osdc-edu-authors@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-edu-authors" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-edu-authors</a> > > > > -- > Mary Ann Bitter > Campaign Manager, Brand Communications + Design > [e] <a href="mailto:mbitter@redhat.com" target="_blank">mbitter@redhat.com</a> > [p] <a href="tel:%28919%29301-3249" value="+19193013249" target="_blank">(919)301-3249</a> > > > _______________________________________________ > Osdc-edu-authors mailing list > <a href="mailto:Osdc-edu-authors@redhat.com" target="_blank">Osdc-edu-authors@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-edu-authors" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-edu-authors</a> _______________________________________________ Osdc-edu-authors mailing list <a href="mailto:Osdc-edu-authors@redhat.com" target="_blank">Osdc-edu-authors@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-edu-authors" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-edu-authors</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>