Analysis of Existing Technological Platforms for the Collaborative Production of Open Textbooks

XAVIER OCHOA; ANA CASALI; CLAUDIA DECO; VALERIA GERLING; ET AL.

Victoria

Conferencia; Proceedings EdMedia 2013: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology; 2013

EdMedia

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> The production of high-quality open textbooks requires the collaboration of different contributors. This work conducts a comparative analysis of the six different collaborative platforms for the production of books. To be able to compare the platforms, several dimensions extracted from literature of collaborative writing and the requirements associated with open textbooks are described and used. As conclusion of the study, it is clear that Connexions is currently the best option for the collaborative production of open textbooks although it lacks some basic functionality. This work recommend the creation of a new breed of platforms that better support the producers of open textbooks that inherit all the successful capabilities of the current generation.