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Sugar Labs is in the process of setting up a project for [[Replacing Textbooks]] with [http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/groups/14358/open-educational-resources-oer/ Open Education Resources] (OERs), that is, digital e-learning materials under Creative Commons Sharealike licenses. [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] is the Project Manager. You can contact him at [mailto:mokurai@earthtreasury.org/ Earth Treasury] until he gets his Sugar Labs e-mail address.

Sugar Labs has created a project for [[Replacing Textbooks]] with [[Open Education Resources]] (OER), that is, digital e-learning materials under Creative Commons licenses. [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] is the Project Manager. You can contact him at [mailto:mokurai@sugarlabs.org/ mokurai@sugarlabs.org].

* [http://booki.treehouse.su/ Temporary server for testing]

* [http://booki.treehouse.su/ Temporary server]

* Permanent server location to be announced.

* Permanent server location to be announced.

==Rationale==

==Rationale==

The XO-1 cost much less than textbooks in developed countries. This has led to the proposal to replace all textbooks with Open Education Resources (OERs), with the aim of both improving education and saving money that could then be applied to such necessities as electricity and Internet for the XOs. [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] has started a project at Sugar Labs to do just that. In April 2011 the booki software from FLOSS Manuals went live, and Sugar Labs set up a testing server to prepare the way for rolling out the project, which is to be opened up to all users as soon as we can manage it.  

The XO-1 costs much less than textbooks in developed countries. This has led to the proposal to replace all textbooks with Open Education Resources (OERs), with the aim of both improving education and saving money that could then be applied to such necessities as electricity and Internet for the XOs. [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] has started a project at Sugar Labs to do just that. In April 2011 the booki software from FLOSS Manuals went live, and Sugar Labs set up a testing server to prepare the way for rolling out the project, which is to be opened up to all users as soon as we can manage it.  

The use of OERs means that teachers and students can engage in continuous improvement, rather than being completely dependent of commercial publishers and school boards for occasional updates of textbooks. It further means that materials can be translated into the language of any community that wishes to undertake the work, with the more advanced students translating from the official language of instruction (often English or French) to the official languages of the country (Swahili in Kenya, for example), and to their own local languages (Maa among the Maasai, for example). However, Spanish will be our first priority, to support Uruguay, Perú, and other countries of Latin America.

The use of OERs means that teachers and students can engage in continuous improvement, rather than being completely dependent of commercial publishers and school boards for occasional updates of textbooks. It further means that materials can be translated into the language of any community that wishes to undertake the work, with the more advanced students translating from the official language of instruction (often English or French) to the official languages of the country (Swahili in Kenya, for example), and to their own local languages (Maa among the Maasai, for example). However, Spanish will be our first priority, to support Uruguay, Perú, and other countries of Latin America.

==See Also==

==See Also==

[[Open Education Resources]]

* [[Open Education Resources]]

* [[Open Access]]

==External Links==

==External Links==