A Book Sprint on Human-Robot Interaction in Education
Robotics in Education, written in a Book Sprint, has just been translated and published by Hanser Verlag.
Academic Sprint
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Making data count
We were thrilled to hear that the book resulting from a Book Sprint we produced last November, Open Data Metrics, already had 2,242 views and 1,182 downloads in January! Daniela Lowenberg from the University of California, said: It’s certainly made ... read more
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OER Textbook Sprints: English Composition
The textbook English Composition was produced in one of two OER Textbook Sprints at the University of Hawai’i last May, following the Sprint for a textbook in Microeconomics. This OER textbook has ... read more
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OER Textbook Sprints: Microeconomics
Since the launch of the Sprint Lab in 2019, we have experimented to apply the Book Sprints method to different formats, specifically for educational materials: Both writing new textbooks, and updating, improving and expanding existing open educational resources. We share ... read more
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Cambridge University Press published Human-Robot Interaction book
As we recently concluded a Book Sprint at the United Arab Emirates University on the topic of robotics in education, we look back on the first Book Sprint on robotics that we did. In 2018, some of the same participants ... read more
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Sprinting for Collective Action on Open Scholarship: An interview with Bas Cordewener
Open Scholarship and the Need for Collective Action, was produced via Book Sprint, released in late October, and has already been downloaded over 2,500 times in less than two months. The authors responsible for this high impact publication represent Knowledge ... read more
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A Book Sprint for Open a GLAM Lab
Exciting updates in November 2021: since its release, the book has been translated into Arabic, Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish… and the Greek version is on the way! Do you know what GLAM means? GLAM is an acronym for “galleries, libraries, archives and ... read more
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“Technoprecarious” with Precarity Lab at University of Michigan
A pressing and relevant topic, skilful writers and a spectacular setting in the Banff National Park – the Book Sprint to produce the forthcoming book, Technoprecarious with Precarity Lab at University of Michigan, was definitely one of my favourites from ... read more
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An introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI
Last February, during the celebrations of the Chinese New Year, a Book Sprint took place at the National University of Singapore (NUS). A small group of academics wrote: “An Introduction to Ethics in Robotics and AI” textbook. The collaborative book writing ... read more
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Rethinking International Investment Governance
The handbook “Rethinking International Investment Governance” was finalized last Friday with great excitement of participants. The Columbia Centre on Sustainable Investment gathered for the Book Sprint talented investment law and policy experts from the African International Law Centre, Harvard Law ... read more