Engineering: The Book: Collaboratively building an open introductory engineering textbook.

[devinberg]

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At a glance

• Submission name: Engineering: The Book

• Contact lead: Twitter: @devinberg Email: bergdev@uwstout.edu

• Issue area: #OpenEducation

• Region: #NorthernAmerica

• Issue Type: #Project

• Types of Support Needed: #Community_GrassrootsOrganizing, #Research

• Project Website: https://github.com/OpenEngr/engineering-the-book

Description

In most fields of higher education you can find textbooks with titles such as "Biology" or "Statistics". However, the offerings in engineering are not as widespread. The goal for this project is to explore the creation of a comprehensive engineering text that provides the content necessary for an introduction to engineering while still being appropriate for the broad diversity of engineering fields.

What are we working on during the do-a-thon? What kinds of support do we need?

Identify the best authoring method (Gitbook, Github markdown, Jupyter Notebooks); Identify topic areas that should be included in an introductory engineering textbook (what topic areas are most appropriate for usefulness and broad application); Identify content sources to begin populating the book (what OA content may already exist that could be used here?).

How can others contribute?

Those looking to contribute can do so through the Issues page on the Github repo for the book. Issues will be setup for discussion around each of the topics mentioned above. Contributors are also welcome to open new issues if they have a different topic they feel warrants discussion.

This post is part of the OpenCon 2017 Do-A-Thon. Not sure what's going on, head here

[neurohazardous]

@devinberg I am Hector, a grad student at McMaster University (MSc in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior) with a weird background combining electrical engineering and music production. I think this project is awesome and I would LOVE to collaborate with you 😄

[devinberg]

The work of this do-a-thon project is primarily happening here: https://github.com/OpenEngr/engineering-the-book/issues

[devinberg]

For in-person participants at #OpenCon
For this first session up until lunch, I am going to be in the Planck lobby near the windows. Please stop by if you have any questions!

[devinberg]

For in-person participants at #OpenCon
For the second session, we are relocating to the Einstein lounge downstairs.

[devinberg]

Results from the do-a-thon at #OpenCon:

• Identified some sources for content
• Discussed various authoring systems and the needs for such a system
• Nearly finished producing a table of contents

Work will continue on the Open Engineering textbook github repo. Check the issues for discussion and to provide input.