Open-Source Education

My thought and views on:

Toss the Traditional Textbook: Revamping a Curriculum
Open source education resources can replace stale old volumes.
by Grace Rubenstein

If authors & teachers all keep changing this open source info that students will be reading for their classes they could potentially get very confused. They could go back the next day, or even a few hours later, and the text could look different. It's like having a math teacher that shows you 5 different ways to do the same problem and by the time you see all of them you can't remember how 'your' way went.

I do like the idea of open source content being used and ordering just what you want in your book for $20 instead of all kinds of stuff you don't want for $60. Not to mention all the trees that will be saved by people using the internet for reading instead of books.

Another problem would be those who do not have internet at home. It is a huge downfall and I know :( They will not be able to work on stuff at home the way other kids could. And right now I do not feel that the schools are adequately equipped with computers to host a program like this. I wish we could though. Think of all the money schools would save if kids could just 'hop' on the net instead of buying books. Maybe teachers could get paid more :)