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Dan Baker

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Feb 13, 2019, 7:01:21 PM2/13/19
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In this thread I will post the links to our recorded meetings in Zoom.
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Dan Baker

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Feb 13, 2019, 7:06:23 PM2/13/19
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Feb 11, 2019 Meeting - link https://jhu.zoom.us/recording/play/RnMQ1mvD9JMSClcuG-sxWoX0u07qhXa8fY8gd4E4lsEBE7jTrX_4FLmaoaSZwZ1o

Rough minutes:

  • Discuss (and hopefully finalize) publishing tool (leaning toward PreTeXt).

  • Talk about collaborative author tools (need versioning control, simultaneous authoring?, and ease of transfer to publishing tool

    • Also need tools to share/save development files (PDF, drawings (multiple versions, publication + source), etc)

  • Creative commons

    • Derivatives OK

    • Attribution required for non-commercial

  • Look at survey of goals

    • Groups top goals, Free, modular, and relevant examples

    • Dan’s students’ top goals largely mirrored existing content in standard textbook

    • Videos

      • Could include intro videos for chapter

      • Solution Videos should have the same quality of production as the book - could wait for now

  • Survey of titles

    • Engineering Statics is the winner

      • Dan will buy domains

  • Delegate next steps (chapter assignments, etc)

    • Distribute learning content for

      • Git - Dan to set up master account

      • PreTeXt - follow tutorial in PreTeXt (Dan or Will will send link)

    • Will will distribute survey of technology experience

    • Sandbox experiment with PreTeXt chapters via Git

    • Setup information sharing (compare strengths/weaknesses) - Joel

      • Slack (is it free?)

      • Google Groups

    • Dan will share Open Textbook online book

Dan Baker

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Feb 13, 2019, 7:08:20 PM2/13/19
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Jan 09, 2019 Meeting - link https://jhu.zoom.us/recording/share/SV9Vsck-yEqHJpAHhHiAaRBFX7fpVvTBlD9FI2eJls6wIumekTziMw

Rough notes:

Introductions (Name + Affiliation + what 1 or 2 skills do you bring to this group)

  • Will Haynes - Mass Maritime, self-published a 250 page textbook, web page software programing, Has developed a large number of problems in Numbas

  • Erin Henslee – Wake Forest U. Started this summer. Previously @ U. Surrey. Has published a few book chapters, and is currently finishing a book, figure generation, dealing with editors, gamification of learning

  • Joel Lanning – Structural design mainly, supports interactive figures, co-author on structural analysis text, currently working on 6th edition

  • Jacob Moore – Penn State Montalto. Has built own Statics textbook online. HTML

  • James Lord – Virginia Tech, started as instructor and now has taken over as program chair of mechanics, 1000-1200 statics students per year. Using Wiley Plus for homework. Great depth of knowledge in the course, but not the textbook polishing.

  • Eric Davishal – Whatcom Community College, graphics development, fairly complete set of algorithmic homework for Statics (some adapted from WebWork, hosted WaMAP – software platform iMap AS (open source), all images creative commons). Concept warehouse (in-class discussion questions) looking to integrate with OER’s.

  • (moved a number of items up into Google Doc)

  • Future Help Needed (professionals or work studies)

    • Copy editors

    • Graphics artists

    • Interactive programmers

  • Problem database must be robust, easy to use, can handle traffic, etc

  • Action items

    • Recruit

      • someone with OER collaboration knowledge (Julie Lang @ Penn State, authors from OpenStax)

    • Pilot on Particle Equilibrium - Jacob and Dan will organize chapter, they (or others?) will

    • Dan add list of hosting to Google Doc - DONE

    • Graphics standards - Eric, Dan, Will

    • Proposed meeting/communication plan - Dan

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