Open Access Textbook Webinar (FREE): Friday: April 16, 2010

You are invited to attend an Open Access Textbook You are invited to an Open Access Textbook Webinar sponsored by The Open Access Textbook FIPSE grant project

Article Headline Join us for a this one-hour session on: "Connexions and Open Textbooks" Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time Presenter: Joel Thierstein, Executive Director, Connexions Repository Dr. Thierstein will discuss what Rice University's Connexions is doing relative to: Making open textbooks editable/customizable Formatting open textbooks for delivery on multiple devices Encouraging open textbook adoption Join us for this session by following this link: http://vclass.distancelearn.org:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1255635327408   No pre-registration is needed. Learn more about the FIPSE Open Access Textbook Project at: http://openaccesstextbooks.org Please note: This website will go live on Monday, April 12, 2010. Technical Details This session will be conducted as an online Elluminate meeting.  If your computer has a microphone and speakers, you will be able to talk and hear while you are in the Elluminate meeting. If you don't have a microphone, you can ask questions and make comments via the online chat function. If this is the first time you will be using Elluminate, you may be prompted to download some software which may take anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes depending upon your Internet connection speed. You can pre-configure your system with the required software by going to the support page. At the login prompt, please enter your First and Last name (e.g., John Smith)  This is so everyone can easily identify each other during the webinar.   This meeting does not require a password to join. Please leave the password field blank To log into the webinar (on Friday, April 16), Please follow this link: http://vclass.distancelearn.org:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1255635327408