Governance Designs for an Open-Access Textbook
A on the Pressbooks website recounts MEDLab's role in supporting the development of a governance strategy for the textbook Humans R Social Media, which I use in my :
One of the pivotal moments in the book’s continued evolution came in 2022, when Nathan Schneider, an assistant professor from CU «Ƶ (and contributor to the most recent edition), reached out to thank Daly for the book. This began a conversation about continuous updates, and an idea was born to turn the text into a “living book”.
Currently Daly and Schneider are creating a shared governance plan for this book to go on continuously with annual updates managed by a group of collaborators. They are using processes modeled on open source software, something Schneider has deep experience with having previously worked with founders of open-source software projects to help them transition toward forms of community-centered governance.
The project involves a growing number of collaborators, and is always open for input, according to an open invitation included in the textbook itself. Whether it’s students suggesting improvements or faculty proposing new chapters, “.”
Read more about the project . Thanks for the collaboration of Hibah Ahmad throughout the process, as well as financial support from the Colorado Department of Education.