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Davis, Ivan – Composition Studies, 2012
This article reassesses the Fred Newton Scott and Joseph Villiers Denney collaborative textbook authorship by emphasizing Denney's generally overlooked contributions to that coauthorship and to the field of composition generally. Through an examination of Denney's scholarly work and his personal correspondence with Scott during the period marking…
Descriptors: Textbook Preparation, Writing (Composition), Textbooks, Textbook Content
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Baker, Judy; Thierstein, Joel; Fletcher, Kathi; Kaur, Manpreet; Emmons, Jonathan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
To address the high cost of textbooks, Rice University's Connexions and the Community College Open Textbook Project (CCOTP) collaborated to develop a proof-of-concept free and open textbook. The proof-of-concept served to document a workflow process that would support adoption of open textbooks. Open textbooks provide faculty and students with a…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbooks, Community Colleges, Textbook Publication
Smith, Deirdre – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2010
In this article the author describes a collaborative project undertaken by two provincial education organizations to foster the leadership formation of school leaders. Leadership development through case inquiry was the focus of this innovative partnership between the Ontario College of Teachers and the Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Educational Resources, Principals