1. CCOTC Website and Open Textbook Review Status 1. Website Development Status 2. Open Textbook Review Status December 10, 2009 Bill Buxton

2. Website Development Status Web Hosting History of collegeopentextbooks.org  Domain created July 2008 and hosted on MyDomain, Inc. (Hostek.com)  Moved to Network Solutions - Unix Website Builder – Fall 2008/Spring 2009  Moved to Network Solutions Unix Image Café - a more stable version. Live 12/1/2009

3. Website Development Status (cont’) New/Modified Features Added photographs and credits page Updated and redesigned "Events" page. Added favicon Added collaborative search engine Reviews - added bar graphs for each review. Pages set up so minimal skill level needed to modify or add pages. Added Google search engine optimization improvements (e.g. keyword analysis, page titles)

4. Open Textbook Review Status  Textbooks are reviewed by peers SME in the subject area Minimum one year teaching at college level Each chapter is reviewed and given a numerical rating (1 – 5) http://collegeopentextbooks.org/reviews.html

5. Open Textbook Review Status (cont’)  By The Numbers (as of 12/09/09) 61 Reviews in the CCOTC database 38 (84%) Recommended by reviewers 7 (16%) Not recommended 2 ( 3%) Withdrawn 14 (23%) In-process of review

6. Open Textbook Review Status (cont’)  Distribution of Reviews 1 Anthropology 2% 1 Art History 2% 8 Business 13% 6 C. Science 10% 2 Economics 3% 5 Education 8% 8 Eng. & Comp. 13% 1 Engineering 2% 2 Lang. & Comm. 3% 3 Literature 5% 14 Math 24% 1 Photography 2% 4 Psychology 7% 4 Science 7% 1 Sociology 2% 61 Total

7. Questions?  Contact Bill Buxton Bill@bravadi.com 408-426-8977 (San Jose, CA)