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More from AIM: developments in free & open math texts
So much to share, so just going to go with a bulleted list for now. Hope to flesh out more over the coming months. The American Institute of Mathematics is a cool place and they have an excellent organizational scheme. … Continue reading
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Active Calculus: Single Variable, 2015 Version now available
This summer, in addition to working with Steve and David on AC3, I went through the original single-variable version and implemented changes to correct typos, clarify questions, and more in response to over 100 suggestions I received from users. To … Continue reading
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Your (my!) annual vent about textbook costs
College students everywhere are heading to their campus bookstores’ websites to see what their textbooks are going to set them back. Here are three anecdotes that have gotten me rankled just within the last week or so. – One of … Continue reading
Active Calculus – Print on Demand — almost here
In my mail today, I got a printed copy of the proof for the book. It was incredibly fun to see the text go from its purely electronic format and the planned cover image and see it actually become the … Continue reading
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Updated version: Active Calculus 2014
Recently I shared news that I’ve been working on a print-on-demand version of the text. Lon Miller of Orthogonal Publishing and I are in the final stages of that project, and expect by the end of the week of August 11 … Continue reading
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openmathbook.org
As an outgrowth of the previously-mentioned session at the Baltimore Joint Meetings on open textbooks, Albert Schueller has started a new blog, Open Mathbook, to offer “a place to promote, discuss, and develop free and open source mathematics texts.” There’s … Continue reading
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Joint Meetings 2014: free and open textbooks session
While it was certainly a good conference overall this year, last Friday at the Joint Meetings in Baltimore was particularly fantastic. From 8-11 and 3-5, we had about 15 different presenters share interesting and exciting work and opportunities in the … Continue reading
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College textbook prices: up close and personal
In the year since starting this blog, I’ve posted frequently about the rising costs of college texts, including here, here, and here. Recently I learned that it’s one thing to read articles about the issue or to hear students talk … Continue reading
Active Calculus: now endorsed by the American Institute of Mathematics
One of the goals of the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) is “to encourage the adoption of open source and open access mathematics textbooks.” Their editorial board maintains a list of approved texts that have been reviewed according to their … Continue reading
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A great text, newly free
[Sheepish apologies for my too-long absence from blogging. Life!] My friend and GVSU colleague Ted Sundstrom has recently made his wonderful text, Mathematical Reasoning, free to the public. After being originally published by Prentice Hall in two separate editions and … Continue reading
