Open Textbook - Translation Slides create to encourage further discussion

1. Call for Action! – Open Textbook Translation
How Can We Best Solve This Problem?
While finding open resources was interesting
to participating teachers, they found OERs
to be of limited use as most of their students
spoke primarily in the local language.

2. Open Education Resources recursos educativos abertos membuka sumber-sumber
təhsil resurslarının açmaq გახსნა საგანმანათლებლო pendidikan
ressources éducatives ouvertes რესურსები miftuħa riżorsi edukattivi
recursos educativos abiertos Offen zugängliche Lerninhalte åpne pedagogiske ressurser
të hapur burimet arsimore open onderwijs bronnen ‫ﺑﺎﺯ ﮐﺭﺩﻥ ﻣﻧﺎﺑﻊ ﺁﻣﻭﺯﺷﯽ‬
բաց կրթական ռեսուրսներ ανοικτών εκπαιδευτικών πόρων otwarte zasoby edukacyjne
‫ﻓﺗﺢ ﺍﻟﻣﻭﺍﺭﺩ ﺍﻟﺗﻌﻠﻳﻣﻳﺔ‬ શૈક્ષ�ણક સાધનખોલો recursos educacionais abertos
Translating and Localizing
ireki baliabide didaktikoak louvri resous edikatif deschide resurse educaționale
адкрытым адукацыйных рэсурсаў ‫לפתוח משאבים חינוכיים‬ открытым образовательным
িশ�াগত স�দ খুলন ু शै��क संसाधन� खला ु ресурсам
отворени образователни ресурси nyissa oktatási források отворите образовне ресурсе
recursos educatius oberts opna Fræðsluefni Otvorené vzdelávacie zdroje
开放教育资源 membuka sumber daya pendidikan Odprte izobraževalne vsebine
oscailte acmhainní oideachais kufungua rasilimali za elimu
Open Textbooks!
開放教育資源
otvaranje obrazovnih resursa risorse educative aperte öppna lärresurser
教育リソースを開く கல்வ� வளங்கதிறக்
Otevřené výukové zdroje
�ೈಕಷ್�ಕ ಸಂಪನೂ�ಲಗಳ�ೆ�ೆಯಲು ���య్ వనర�ల��ె���
åbne uddannelsesressourcer
교육 자료를 열 เปิ ดแหล่งการศกษา
ึ
malfermi edukaj rimedoj
Avatud õppevahendeid ເປດຊບພະຍາກອນດານການສກສາ eğitim kaynakları açmak
ີ ັ ້ ຶ
buksan ang pang-edukasyon aperire educationis opibus відкритим освітнім ресурсам
mapagkukunan atvērtu izglītības resursu ‫ﺗﻌﻠﻳﻣﯽ ﻭﺳﺎﺋﻝ ﮐﻬﻭﻝ‬
avointen opetusresurssien atviruosius švietimo išteklius mở nguồn tài nguyên giáo dục
ressources éducatives ouvertes отвори образовни ресурси agor adnoddau addysgol
‫עפענען בילדונגקרייז רעסורסן‬

3. Translating and Localizing Textbooks Encourages
Sharing While Empowering Local Instructors
Translating high quality open textbooks provides others
with high quality educational resources that can be
easily enhanced and localized

21. While Translating Can Be
Time Consuming
What if the first draft is obtained quickly through
Machine Translation?

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30. Modularity
Frictionless Remixing
Distribution
Quality Control
Sustainability
Connexions Platform

32. The Dominican Republic
and many other countries
would benefit greatly from
a site where individuals
could obtain translated
copies of high quality
textbooks.
CTC Nationwide Project

34. Possible Elements to Include
Wiki Technology and Versioning System
Inclusion of Facebook and Twitter
Classroom Exercise for Language Students
Extensive Partnership System

35. New or an Addition to an Existing Site?
By building a website site (or a subsection),
translations would be easier to locate and
it would potentially facilitate the formation
of a community.

36. If you have an interest in this topic, lets work
together in presenting solutions to this issue.
We can built an open textbook translation
community if we build it together.
Thanks

38. Starting the Conversation!
• Should we develop a new site (e.g. worldtextbooks.org), or improve an existing site?
• What elements do you think this site should include?
(Facebook Connect, Twitter Sign Up, Wiki Technology, Google Translate, etc.)
• What is the best technology / platform to use for this project?
(Wiki, GitHub, Drupal, etc.)
• Are translations to major languages being included within the Open Textbook
legislation? (California, Washington State, etc.)
• What are the key elements for the community to develop? (Org. Stru., etc.)
• Could we follow the TED.com model of open translation?
• Should there be challenges for open textbooks translation? Course assignments?
• Would you or anyone you know be willing to help create or translate such a site?