1. Technology
• Brad Payne & Clint Lalonde
• Open Textbook Summit, Vancouver
• April 16, 2014
@clintlalonde @bdolor
#otsummit

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Issues technology can help with
Students Faculty
Choice of formats
● Web
● Mobile
● Print
● eBook
1. Easy to find
2. Quality
3. How can I modify?

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1 year ago
40 Subject Areas
0 Textbooks

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1 year ago

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Faculty: Where to find

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Faculty: Where to find

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Faculty: Where to find
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API

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Faculty: Where to find
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API

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Faculty: Where to find
open.bccampus.ca
API

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Faculty: Where to find

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Faculty: Quality

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Faculty: Quality
API

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Faculty: Quality

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Faculty: Quality

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Faculty: Modify

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Faculty: Modify
Write Once
Publish Many

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Student: Choice of formats

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Student: Choice of formats

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Student: Choice of formats

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Student: Choice of formats
$9.19 (B&W)
$20.04 (Colour)
244 pages

21. PressBooks
modifications

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Context
PressBooks is open source
• modifications were only possible within this context
• the narratives for open textbooks and open software are similar

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Modifications
PressBooks and PressBooks Textbook
• What functionality is required for open textbooks?
o about 15,000 code additions to PB core
• What if that functionality deviates from pressbooks.com?

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Symbiosis
PressBooks and PressBooks Textbook

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Reuse - PBT Plugin
Creative Commons
• the creative commons configurator
• modifications made to allow derivative works

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Revise - PBT plugin

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Revise - PBT Plugin
Adapt, Adjust, Modify
• math equations - PB LaTeX plugin
• table buttons - MCE Table button plugin
• textbook buttons - MCE Textbook button plugin
o exercises (with LRMI metadata)
o key takeaways (with LRMI metadata)
o learning objectives (with LRMI metadata)

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Remix - PBT Plugin

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Remix - PBT Plugin
Importer
• EPUB
• DOCX
• ODT
• WXR/XML
Open Textbooks
• Download links to 36 open textbooks

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Redistribute/Retain - PBT Plugin

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Redistribute/Retain - PBT Plugin
Textbook API
• the solution to the problem of redistributing protected files got me
thinking about how to implement textbook API’s
Redistribute and retain files for free
• Download links to each of the latest export files (epub, pdf, xhtml,
hpub, mobi, wxr, icml) on the homepage

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Download, import, reorder chapters

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The future
Enabling Adaptation
Development of PB Community (Developer & User)
● https://github.com/BCcampus/pressbooks-textbook
● https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks
Continued EDU & OTB specific enhancements

34. Thank YouQuestions?
open.bccampus.ca
@clintlalonde @bdolor
#otsummit