CK-12 Foundation

CK-12 Foundation

CK-12 is a non-profit organization based in California founded with the mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market, both in the US and world-wide [1].[2] They maintain the FlexBook open source tool for creating remixable texts, and as of July 2009 were developing 30 English-language open textbooks, focusing on books for US high schools.[3][4] While their initial efforts target the US market, they claim to have the worldwide market in mind as well.

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History

Established in 2007 by Neeru Khosla and Murugan Pal to support K-12 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, CK-12 generates and distributes educational content via web-based open content material called the "FlexBook”[5]. CK-12 is presently the only free service of its kind, and is being funded by the Amar Foundation and by Vinod and Neeru Khosla[6]. They have partnered with Qoop for printing technology, fuseproject for design, and a number of other organizations (including Wikimedia) in developing their educational strategy.[7]

Recent work

In April 2009, the state of California issued a call for open textbooks for use in their high schools. CK-12 submitted five science books and three math books, more than any other publisher.[8] They have committed to seeding their system and authors community with at least another 25 complete books.

Publications

As of mid-2009, some of the completed books include:

Physics

  • People's Physics Book
  • Light
  • Refraction
  • Reflection

Mathematics

  • Algebra 1
  • Geometry
  • Trigonometry
  • Calculus
  • Statistics

Biology

  • Life Science
  • Human Body
  • Metabolism
  • Zoology

The Foundation also has many books available for e-book download (in many cases completely free).

External links

References

  1. ^ About CK-12
  2. ^ Bernard, Sara. "The "Living Book" Movement: Free Education for All". MindShift. KQED. http://mindshift.kqed.org/tag/ck-12-foundation/. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  3. ^ "CK12 Books", from the CK-12 Authors wiki. Retrieved July 18, 2009
  4. ^ Flexr book search, retrieved July 18, 2009
  5. ^ CK-12 open source flexbook
  6. ^ http://flexbooks-wiki.ck12.org/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions
  7. ^ From the Partners page on the company website.
  8. ^ Silicon Valley Mercury News, June 18, 2009, Gov. Schwarzenegger wants California's schools to adopt digital textbooks

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