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From http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/

From our sister LRC, the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning:

As more language teachers discuss ditching the textbook, the open education community is discussing another way to address outdated, incomplete, and impersonal books: student authored textbooks. When a teacher asks their students to write their own textbook, the teacher is a guide for actively learning and collaborating students, rather than a transmitter of knowledge to passive students. There are some great examples of instructors who have already tried this described briefly below. They are all from higher ed, and not all are language related… but please read on, there may be some ideas here you could use!

Read the full post here: http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/student-authored-textbooks-in-the-language-classroom/