[opentextbooks] Experimenting with a simpler way to share openly licenced learning material

Sat Jul 16 08:57:26 UTC 2011

Perhaps- I guess I was just thinking of making our current site (
http://opentextbook.org) more useful. Its primary difference seems to be
that it's possible to access the entire library in bulk. That's why I've
been considering alternatives over the last few weeks. SVN & LaTeX sources
are not the most welcoming to teachers.

On 16 July 2011 20:53, Jason Kitcat <jason.kitcat at okfn.org> wrote:

> Interesting...
>
> Just an alternative thought but wouldn't the Internet Archive's
> OpenLibrary.org be a better place to provide textbooks?
>
> All the best,
> Jason
>
> On 16 Jul 2011, at 09:48, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
> > As a bit of an demonstration/experiment, I have created a repository of
> liberally licenced learning material that is much simpler to use than the
> current SVN system that is housed at http://opentextbook.org. The upshot
> is that newcomers can download the whole catalogue in a similar to way to
> version control without needing to know anything about version control.
> >
> > Browse the web view here:
> >
> >
> https://www.wuala.com/Openly%20Licenced%20Learning%20Materials/?key=EwEXNFL1lMlf
> >
> > I don't know if anyone has heard of Wuala, but it is a very interesting
> piece of technology. It's a cloud backup service with a few differences. One
> of its features is the ability to create groups and public folders. What
> this means is that people can download Wuala and then join the "Openly
> Licenced Learning Materials" group and upload their own material. That
> content is then shared among all teachers/users who are participating in the
> group.
> >
> > It's other main difference is that the whole system is peer-to-peer,
> meaning it is resilient to any particular service falling over.
> >
> > If you would like to try Wuala, so you can see what it would look like as
> a teacher, follow one of these links:
> >
> > http://www.wuala.com/referral/F5776G4C6AJ4NHFF6FCC (I think this gives
> us both 250mb of free space)
> > http://www.wuala.com
> >
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