This book offers a practical guide for faculty who are writing open textbooks. In addition to basic guidance regarding style, collaboration, copyright, and project management, it shows faculty authors how to situate their open textbooks in a larger instructional design process to support learning. Key concepts addressed include interactivity, multimedia learning, visual design, accessibility, and the relationship of faculty authoring to discipline-based education research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
This book offers a practical guide for faculty who are writing open textbooks. In addition to basic guidance regarding style, collaboration, copyright, and project management, it shows faculty authors how to situate their open textbooks in a larger instructional design process to support learning. Key concepts addressed include interactivity, multimedia learning, visual design, accessibility, and the relationship of faculty authoring to discipline-based education research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
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Lohman, L. (2019). Writing for Learning. EdTech Books. https://edtechbooks.org/writing_for_learning
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