This document provides an agenda and overview for an online course on creating a book and podcast about strong schools. The course will be project-based and collaborative, with students working in teams to research, write, and produce content. Key activities will include brainstorming topics, creating an outline and table of contents, conducting research, writing and reviewing chapters, recording podcast episodes, and presenting final work. The goal is for students to collectively author an open-access e-book about aspects of founding, leading, and teaching in secondary schools. The platform Pressbooks will be used to publish the book, allowing for embedded multimedia.

1. Strong
Schools
Asian University for
Women
Fall 2022
Stefanie Panke

2. Agenda
Overview of Course,
Introduction to Book
Project
Find a writing partner
Create a mindmap
with at least two
topics that would
interest you
5:30AM – 6:30AM EDT
Further discuss with
your partner the
topics that interest
you
Take a break 
6:30AM – 7:15 AM EDT
Plenary discussion /
sharing of topics
Decide on structure /
topics
7:15 AM – 8:00 AM
Ideas for Book Covers
Questions
8:00PM – 8:30 AM

3. Previous Class: AUW Spring 2022 : Design Thinking
for Education
https://designthinking.web.unc.edu/ https://tarheels.live/strongschools/ (under construction)

4. About The Course
Let’s write a book! And make a podcast!
This project-based learning class is a follow-up on the
design thinking class that connects to students' future
trajectories as educators, innovators and school
founders. Students will collectively and collaboratively
create a book about 'Strong Schools' that covers
aspects of founding/leading/teaching in a secondary
school.
As a publishing platform we will be using ‘Pressbooks’,
an e-book tool that allows to embed video content,
photos, and activities.

5. What you will do in this class
Input lecture
Activities
Guest speakers
Weekly readings
In-Class Participation
Work in teams of 2
Create a book chapter
Conduct literature
review / research
Enter your chapter in
Pressbooks
Writing & Peer Review
Identify an interview
partner and record a
podcast episode
Podcast

6. Please read the assigned readings!
https://www.aace.org/review/pressbooks-gamechanger-in-open-access-
publishing-an-interview-with-founder-and-ceo-hugh-mcguire/

7. Please read the assigned readings!
https://prismic-io.s3.amazonaws.com/ou-iet/5c334004-5f87-
41f9-8570-e5db7be8b9dc_innovating-pedagogy-2022.pdf
https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/innovating/?page_id=582

8. Pressbooks is specifically designed for
open access/ OER publications
Our Book Infrastructure: PressBooks
https://pressbooks.pub/schools/

9. “Academic publishing of journal articles
has an unusual business model: those who
carry out a significant part of the work
(authoring, reviewing, and editing) often
receive no remuneration for it, and indeed
may need to pay to see the results in print
or to gain online access to the journal.
Models where access is free and open
appear to be gaining traction and indicate
an alternative path”.
What is open access?

10. Writing Process
You will give feedback on:
Outline
Chapter
Reviewer team gives feedback
You will provide:
Initial outline
Chapter
Revised Chapter
Author team creates chapter (draft)
You have a chance to make revisions
before you hand in your final chapter for
grading based on the reviewer feedback.
Author team revises
Reviewers will assess final chapter
Authors will assess quality of feedback
Reviewer and authors assess

11. Your Choice!
At the end of the semester we can publish the book and
/ or podcast.
Public
If you don’t want your chapter or episode to be public,
let me know and we can keep it private!
Private

12. Grade
20%
10%
20% 40%
10%
Participation Podcast Chapter
Review Final Presentation

13. Our Semester Ahead: Session 1-4
(Production Kick-off)
Form writing / production teams
Sign in to pressbooks (activate account)
Brainstorming on topics, initial assignment
Session 1
01
Commit to topic for the semester
Create shared template for chapters
Session 2
02
Learn literature research best practices
Session 3
03
Start working on your podcast episode!
Session 4
04

14. Our Semester Ahead: Session 5-8
(Production, Feedback)
Effective feedback
Session 5
05
Support generative learning
Session 6
06
Open Educational Resources
Session 7
07
Add multimedia content to your chapter
Session 8
08

15. Our Semester Ahead: Session 9-12
(Assessment & Evaluation)
Assessment Rubrics
Session 9
09
Presentations
Session 10
10
Presentations
Session 11
11
Course Evaluation and Peer Assessment
Session 12
12

16. Outlook: Session 2 Guest - Pedro De Bruyckere
Researcher
https://theeconomyofmeaning.com/

17. Over to you
Collaboratively, we will create a table of
contents for the book
Structure
Groups of 2, max. 3
Find a partner
Create a mindmap
Find at least 2 topics you would like to write about
How are they connected? What are subtopics?
Brainstorm