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  • follow and adopt similar initiatives. There are, however, many unanswered questions about the plan and how it will be implemented.



    The governator will surely be able to stop the digital textbooks from gaining sentience and subjugating humanity, but there are trickier challenges that will be even tougher to defeat than the impending Skynet apocalypse. Textbooks are a surprisingly controversial issue in California and there is a lot of political baggage and bureaucratic red tape that will make an open source textbook plan especially troublesome.



    California's textbook troubles could be tough to overcome

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  • 08 Jun 09
    liangya_sg
    Solomon Shangguan

    加州开源数字教材计划

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    • follow and adopt similar initiatives. There are, however, many unanswered questions about the plan and how it will be implemented.



      The governator will surely be able to stop the digital textbooks from gaining sentience and subjugating humanity, but there are trickier challenges that will be even tougher to defeat than the impending Skynet apocalypse. Textbooks are a surprisingly controversial issue in California and there is a lot of political baggage and bureaucratic red tape that will make an open source textbook plan especially troublesome.



      California's textbook troubles could be tough to overcome

  • 03 Jun 09
    jstearns
    Janice Stearns

    The governor of California has launched a new initiative to compile open source textbooks for the state.

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    Edurevue

    Ars Technica, 2009.05.08.

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    • The governor of California has launched a new initiative to compile open source textbooks for the state. He hopes that the plan will help cut costs and improve the quality of education. The effort seems very promising, but the state's complex standards and arduous textbook evaluation process will pose major challenges.
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  • 11 May 09
    edtechtalk
    edtechtalk

    Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has an ambitious plan to reduce the cost of education in California. He intends for the state to develop digital open source textbooks for high school math and science classes. The books will be available for free and will b

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    • The idea of open source textbooks is not new, but this could be the first statewide initiative to put open content in classrooms.
    • Textbooks are a surprisingly controversial issue in California and there is a lot of political baggage and bureaucratic red tape that will make an open source textbook plan especially troublesome.
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    Dan Tao

    California open source digital textbook plan

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  • 09 May 09
    wfryer
    Wesley Fryer

    The governor of California has launched a new initiative to compile open source textbooks for the state. He hopes that the plan will help cut costs and improve the quality of education. The effort seems very promising, but the state's complex standards and arduous textbook evaluation process will pose major challenges.

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  • 08 May 09
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    Guillermo Movia

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  • mrsbond
    Mrs Bond

    The governor of California has launched a new initiative to compile open source textbooks for the state. He hopes that the plan will help cut costs and improve the quality of education. The effort seems very promising, but the state's complex standards and arduous textbook evaluation process will pose major challenges.

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