Presentation at Open Education 13 in Park City, Utah about github-bookeditor, a new open-source editor for creating textbooks that are immediately available on the web, in epub format and pdf.

1. Real Remix Realized
Kathi Fletcher
@kefletcher, @oerpub
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kathi.fletcher@gmail.com

2. My Background
Kathi Fletcher
Connexions PM and Technical Director 4 Yrs
Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow 3 Yrs
Tools for Remixing Open Education Resources
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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3. Last Year at Open Ed : Vision
Anything in
Everything out Everywhere
=>
=>
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
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@kefletcher
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4. Last Year : remix.oerpub.org (Everything in)
Word/OO in → Common format out
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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5. Last Year : remix.oerpub.org (Everything in)
Wikipedia in → Common format out
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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6. Last Year : remix.oerpub.org (Everything in)
Google docs in → Common format out
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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7. Last Year : remix.oerpub.org (Everything in)
Web in → Common format out
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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#opened13

8. Last Year : Testing Editor Mockups
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
oerpub.org/blog/2013/03/22/usabilitytesting-at-opened-1-of-2-testingmethods-and-procedure/
kefletcher.blogspot.com/2012/10/opened-2012-preliminary-results-of.html
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9. This Year : Textbook Editor (alpha)
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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#opened13

10. This Year : Textbook Editor (alpha)
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
bit.ly / fletcher-opened13
#opened13

11. This Year : Web/EPUB, PDF
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
bit.ly / fletcher-opened13
#opened13

12. This Year : Web (review, comment)
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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#opened13

13. This Year : Web/EPUB, PDF
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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#opened13

14. Testing it out: Real Remix Realized
IEB Schools remixing Siyavula textbooks
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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15. Testing it out: Real Remix Realized
IEB Schools remixing Siyavula textbooks
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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#opened13

16. Testing it out: Real Remix Realized
Reuse and adapt (copy section/chapter)
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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#opened13

17. Testing it out: Real Remix Realized
Reuse and adapt (copy element)
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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#opened13

18. Testing it out: Real Remix Realized
IEB Schools: Editing
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
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@kefletcher
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19. Testing it out: Real Remix Realized
IEB Schools : Web View
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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20. Testing it out: Real Remix Realized
IEB Schools : PDF (*)
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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21. Backing up: Significance: Vision for learning
Content with
connections
My classes and
my past
knowledge
Everywhere I
am, on all my
devices
===>
Student image: By Ron player8 (On College, only for distribution.) CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

22. Learning content
classes, textbooks, articles
Collabo
rative
Stats
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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23. Transmogrified
classes, textbooks, articles
Collabo
rative
Stats
=>
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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24. Everywhere
classes, textbooks, articles
Collabo
rative
Stats
online, mobile, print
=>
=>
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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25. Books & courses in - flash cards out
Collabo
rative
Stats
=>
Birds By Pierre Dalous (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

26. Learning content in - practice probs out
Collabo
rative
Stats
=>

27. How? Find definitions for flash cards.
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
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@kefletcher
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28. How? Find learner's notes
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
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@kefletcher
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29. How? Find exercises and problems
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
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@kefletcher
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30. What makes it all possible?
Common Format
Recognizable structure (defs, exercises, etc.)
● TextbookHTML (based on DocBook & CNXML)
●
Easy to use editor for authors
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You helped us last year by testing
Easy to extend
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Open source, easy startup
Publicly available books
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Github, Connexions, Siyavula ...
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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31. Research : Author Motivation
“How likely are you to choose this editor in
the future to create customized learning … ?”
Adrian Garcia
UX Master's Degree
Formative Research
(small sample size)
Twenty-one educators
(K12 and College)
Three groups saw
presentations about
the editor emphasizing
different aspects

32. Easy to extend? New template for IEB
schools
Teachers +
Developers design
and build multipart
question in a day
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
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@kefletcher
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33. Other versions of the editor: remix.oerpub.org
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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34. Connexions' version of the editor
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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35. Another adaptation: DHWriter
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
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@kefletcher
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36. Try it out
Bookeditor (alpha): (Chrome only right now)
I
Demo book opens and has some more information and links
editor.oerpub.org
Developers:
github.com/oerpub/github-bookeditor
(vagrant up, to get a vm)
github.com/oerpub/Aloha-Editor
github.com/philschatz/pdf-ci
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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37. Call to Action
1. Test drive
2. Want to extend the editor?
3. Want to organize a content sprint?
4. Funders - support keeping this free, open,
extensible
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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38. Find Tom to Demo / Follow up
Thursday and Friday
Find Tom – key developer
Demos
Project Ideas
Developers – get set up
Questions
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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39. Bonus Material:
About the design of the editor
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
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40. Principles: as much like word/gdocs as possible
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41. Principle: support attribution
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42. Principle: born accessible
Images, tables, mathematics
@oerpub
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43. Principle: Mathematics editing support

44. Principle: drag and drop examples, exercises,
notes
@oerpub
@kefletcher
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45. Principle: Support collaboration
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46. About github-bookeditor
Usability, accessibility
● Books stored on github
● Format EPUB3/HTML5 (TextbookHTML)
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Edit in the browser
Open source (github.com/oerpub)
● Based on Aloha
http://bit.ly/fletcher-bib13
● Embeddable, adaptable
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@oerpub
@kefletcher
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