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ConneXions CNX 
Open Source Textbooks 
SEAN ANDREWS
What is Open Source? 
• Publically Accessible 
• Not Privately Owned 
• Can be Copied, Learned from, Altered, Shared, and 
Remixed for free 
• Promotes Collaboration and Sharing 
• Original Source Code kept in tack to give credit to 
original creator 
• Examples: Wikipedia, Mozilla Firefox, VLC media player, 
WordPress, Audacity, GIMP, Notepad, Blender, Linux
ConneXions 
• CNX.org 
• Search Subjects 
• Interact with Material 
• Download as PDF (sometimes other formats) 
• Option to Donate 
• Some Textbook can be Printed and Bought at a Cheaper Rate 
• Add Your Own Content!
Concerns 
• How Can we Trust that the Information is Accurate? 
• Do we truly trust any information? 
• Important to always use a critical eye 
• Lenses are groups of people who carefully check 
content for quality 
• Much like Wikipedia the more people who help 
check quality the better the results 
• Also the fact that it is not privately owned 
means that many ideas that previously did not 
have a forum can now come forward 
• The power of Collaborative Knowledge is Emerging
Let’s Explore! 
• Sign up at 
CNX.org 
Step 1 
Step 2 • Share what 
• Search 
Topics of 
Interest 
you find 
• Create Lens? 
Step 3

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Conne xions cnx

  • 1. ConneXions CNX Open Source Textbooks SEAN ANDREWS
  • 2. What is Open Source? • Publically Accessible • Not Privately Owned • Can be Copied, Learned from, Altered, Shared, and Remixed for free • Promotes Collaboration and Sharing • Original Source Code kept in tack to give credit to original creator • Examples: Wikipedia, Mozilla Firefox, VLC media player, WordPress, Audacity, GIMP, Notepad, Blender, Linux
  • 3. ConneXions • CNX.org • Search Subjects • Interact with Material • Download as PDF (sometimes other formats) • Option to Donate • Some Textbook can be Printed and Bought at a Cheaper Rate • Add Your Own Content!
  • 4. Concerns • How Can we Trust that the Information is Accurate? • Do we truly trust any information? • Important to always use a critical eye • Lenses are groups of people who carefully check content for quality • Much like Wikipedia the more people who help check quality the better the results • Also the fact that it is not privately owned means that many ideas that previously did not have a forum can now come forward • The power of Collaborative Knowledge is Emerging
  • 5. Let’s Explore! • Sign up at CNX.org Step 1 Step 2 • Share what • Search Topics of Interest you find • Create Lens? Step 3