Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

The non-profit OpenStax project at Rice U. publishes free, on-line, open-source, textbooks in every introductory field in college/university. The astronomy textbook in their series, by senior authors Andrew Fraknoi, David Morrison, and Sidney Wolff, now has over 1,100 faculty adopters, and has been used by half a million students worldwide. So far it has saved North American students more than 40 million dollars in astronomy textbook costs. The book’s development was aided by almost 70 astronomers, who helped with making sure the science was accurate and pedagogy effective. The book is easily updated and has links to a wide variety of web pages and apps. The book’s Open Education Resources Hub has over 35 free ancillary materials. See: http://openstax.org/details/astronomy

Biography:

Andrew Fraknoi retired in 2017 as Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College, and now teaches short courses for retired people at two universities in San Francisco. He served for 14 years as Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and was founding co-editor (with Sidney Wolff) of the journal, Astronomy Education Review. He is the lead author of a free, open-source, on-line introductory astronomy textbook being discussed here. He received the education prize of the American Astronomical Society and the Gemant Award of the American Institute of Physics. Fraknoi has also written two widely used manuals for science teachers and two children's books.

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