Open-Source Learning Video

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Video: Richard Baraniuk on open-source learning

He talks about people ripping and burning music off the net and sharing it to create a whole community of music lovers. Then he uses this analogy to explain open-source content with textbooks. This was a really good analogy that he used throughout the entire video.

This video was a little repetative because it goes along with Rubenstein article I just read but Baraniuk goes a little more into detail to give better understanding.

Books are cheaper because they are published on demand. I always thought this would make them more expensive.

And I always get excited when I see lego's and he used them to show how books can be compiled. It was nice ;)

Clicking on an equation in a math e-text to be able to explorethat equation would be really nice. Sometimes I think that maybe it might become a little overwhelming to some students. Wikipedia has the same thing and sometimes I become overwhelmed so I have had to learn to pace my learning when visiting that site. There are always so many things to click on to learn about. I have to learn the current topic I'm on before going on to something else. I think that the in-depth analysis will be a very good thing for these math e-texts.

I do wonder about the review & peer-review keeping the content concise and appropriate. Once there are enough people using this it will be a little easier.