Traditional Textbooks Make No Difference in Your Child’s Learning. Let’s Change the Model. -Tim Holt, ElPaso Herald

It has become obvious that the business model of printing paper texts is fast coming to an end. And while the above research certainly doesn’t bode well for publishers and adds another virtual nail to the coffin, there are game-changing organizations out there that are rewriting the rules of textbooks. Open Education Resources (OER) such as Rice Universities “Open Stax” project create college-level and AP certified digital textbooks that are free, sharable, and every bit as “authoritative” as traditional paper textbooks. The advantage of OER of course, is that no one single entity owns the material and texts can be augmented, reorganized, and rewritten to fit the needs of the user be it a single classroom teacher or an entire statewide adoption. https://elpasoheraldpost.com/op-ed-traditional-textbooks-make-no-difference-in-your-childs-learning-lets-change-the-model/