{"id":1120,"date":"2012-01-24T12:25:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T12:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orfeu.org\/2012\/01\/24\/wesley-freyer-reacts-to-apples-ibook-author-some-very-compelling-arguments-from-an-educators-perspective\/"},"modified":"2018-08-05T19:46:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T18:46:20","slug":"wesley-freyer-reacts-to-apples-ibook-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josemota.pt\/sr\/wesley-freyer-reacts-to-apples-ibook-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Wesley Freyer reacts to Apple&#8217;s iBook Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wesley Freyer reacts to Apple&#8217;s iBook Author. Some very compelling arguments from an educator&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As educators, we have moral obligations to share. Open Educational Resources (OER) are and will increasingly disrupt traditional publishing companies\u2019 revenue streams by allowing learners around the world to collaborate and share digital curriculum. The 1.0 release of Apple\u2019s iBooks Author software is configured to undermine rather than support OER and the learning revolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedofcreativity.org\/2012\/01\/23\/underwhelmed-by-ibooks-author-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Underwhelmed by iBooks Author Software<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-img\" style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedofcreativity.org\/2012\/01\/23\/underwhelmed-by-ibooks-author-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/xaVSod2xQG7p78gHHDDK-T8uleKfI4VgBXlW7FJKEpimrxdVe79H2sYXWuZLAr2CjXYgKrCPfLd639YhL-uWZ3WfR4i1AQCJmw5__8YGGbur9QfinT2Q1ThA2HAKZ9m1SPB1=w120-h120\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">This afternoon I started a new eBook project using a collection of favorite Bible verses from the Friday morning men\u2019s group at our church. The idea is pretty simple: Include verses from the NLT and MSG translations, complying with the copyright permissions for each provided on the YouVersion.com Bible website. Along with the verses, include a related and appropriate image licensed \u201cAttribution-Only\u201d on Flickr. I spent 4 or 5 hours on this projec&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-backlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/112390264067431209914\/posts\/CHhotvf9qyS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This was posted on Google+<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wesley Freyer reacts to Apple&#8217;s iBook Author. Some very compelling arguments from an educator&#8217;s perspective. &#8220;As educators, we have moral obligations to share. Open Educational Resources (OER) are and will increasingly disrupt traditional publishing companies\u2019 revenue streams by allowing learners around the world to collaborate and share digital curriculum. 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