Rob Beezer wrote: > At the meetings in San Diego a few years ago I had a discussion with > some of the folks who are part of the program committee apparatus and > approved topics for MAA sessions, panels, etc. and I was asking about > proposing a panel or session on open textbooks. I got the distinct > impression that you would have to avoid the appearance of promoting a > "product" (even if it was free). So a talk like "How to select an > open textbook" might be legit, but a talk like "Bill Smith's open > textbook on Diffeomorphisms of Freely Generated Fiber Bundles" might > be considered too much of a promotion. Anyway, the substance of the > conversation was discouraging enough that I dropped the idea right > there. > >
Interesting. That might explain also a bit better why the PREP course proposal was rejected, as it seemed to have something to do with being too Sage-centric (e.g., teaching people the technical side of how to use Sage to enhance their courses, rather than exploring broader issues of using a CAS in a course). Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
