Jobs
September 6, 2011
College-level academic peer reviewers are needed for the Saylor Foundation $20K challenge to review textbook submissions. Stipend will be up to $2,250 per textbook.
To see the list of courses: http://www.saylor.org/open-textbook-challenge-eligible-courses/
To apply: http://www.saylor.org/interested-in-peer-reviewing-one-of-our-submitted-texts/
http://www.saylor.org/open-textbook-challenge-eligible-courses/
August 11, 2011
Currently need peer-reviewers for five open textbooks in-process. Textbooks are community college level and will be placed in Rice University’s Connexions Open Textbook repository. Stipend is $250 per book so this is a labor of an altrustic nature supporting open textbooks. Period of performance is August – October/November 2011. Reviewers will receive chapters as they are completed by the publisher. Review criteria is at http://www.textbookequity.com/textbook-review-services/textbook-evaluation-standards/
Subjects are: Physics, Anatomy and Physiology, Biology for majors, Biology for non-majors, and sociology. PhD’s with recent college teaching experience preferred, experts with Masters are suitable as well.
If interested in this project or future projects, please complete the candidate form at: http://www.textbookequity.com/contact-form/
We will eventually need peer reviewers in the top 50 core college subjects.
Questions? Write: Editors@collegetextbooks.org
