Update: something went horribly wrong in the process of using (the otherwise excellent) Gumroad for voting. I’ve transferred the overview of each one to this post, so please just leave a comment to indicate which e-book you’d prefer me write!
Last year I published The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies. I’ve recently reduced it in line with my pricing strategy.
I want to get started writing my next e-book, and I need your help in deciding what to focus on. Here’s my thoughts:
- The Essential Elements of Open Badges
- The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies: the workbook
- #uppingyourgame: a practical guide to personal productivity v2
Which would you choose? Add a comment below! š
This book will cover everything from the promise of alternative credentialing to practical steps in getting started. We’ll delve into:
- telling the difference between digital badges and open badges
- how to create your first open badge
- designing learning pathways
- creating a meaningful and rigorous badge system
- some of the technical side of things
Want me to write The Essential Elements of Open Badges? Leave a comment below!
This workbook builds on the success of The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies. It will provide activities to help learners at all levels improve their skills.
Things that will be covered in the workbook will include:
- an overview of the 8C’s of digital literacies
- suggested activities for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners
- teacher notes
- a glossary of terms
Want me to write The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies: the workbook? Leave a comment below!
Updating the original #uppingyourgame e-book, this new version will cover everything you need to be more productive on a personal level. It will include:
- reasons for being more productive
- workflow creation
- useful tools and apps
- automating parts of your workflow
- helping others be more productive
Want me to write #uppingyourgame: a practical guide to personal productivity v2.0? Leave a comment below!
I’m really interested in writing all of these e-books, but I can’t focus on all three simultaneously! Could you help me choose? I’ll be following the same iterative OpenBeta process I’ve followed with previous ebooks.
Got other ideas? Comments? Suggestions? Leave a comment below!
Header image CC BY-NC-SA Mykl Roventine
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Oliver Quinlan
January 11, 2015 — 9:41 pm
The one I wanted, the third, didn’t seem to work. Here is my vote for that, althouhg 2 is a close second.
Doug Belshaw
January 12, 2015 — 8:31 am
Sorry about that, I’d forgot to press publish so it worked for me and no-one else. Fixed now. š
Jeroen Clemens
January 11, 2015 — 9:53 pm
can I Just vote and not preorder? Why should this be connected ?
Doug Belshaw
January 12, 2015 — 8:31 am
That’s the wonder of blog comments – you can be anonymous and say what you like. Including which one you’d prefer. š
Jeroen Clemens
January 12, 2015 — 8:56 am
that’s not an answer to my question;-)
And it’s not true either because I have to full in my name and email adress to be able to give a comment
Doug Belshaw
January 13, 2015 — 8:19 pm
You’re correct. Have amended the process – thanks Jeroen!
Vicky
January 18, 2015 — 10:26 am
To be fair to Doug, making people pull out their credit cards separates the sheep from the goats when it comes to checking product and it a common recommendation from the lean startup people … it’s far too easy for people to *say* they’d buy something but when it comes to actually buying it they shy away.
Doug Belshaw
January 18, 2015 — 1:52 pm
A good point, Vicky – thanks! I may try LeanPub this time…
Jeroen Clemens
January 12, 2015 — 8:57 am
But I’m very interested in the workbook, if you really want to know š
Aaron Davis
January 12, 2015 — 4:05 am
The workbook sounds interesting, although am intrigued how you would cover ‘everyone’ from beginners to experts. Also think that the workbook would work best we small practical snippets of what other people have done etc …
Doug Belshaw
January 12, 2015 — 8:32 am
Well, it would include open-ended tasks that involved self-reflection and peer review. That way tasks can be multi-faceted. Thanks for the pointer on case studies / user stories. Would definitely be worth including!
Theo Kuechel
January 12, 2015 — 10:24 am
I voted for, and ordered, the second option – the workbook. I assume it will be available to be remixed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 as previously. I think it will be a valuable resource to share and highlight on the Open Content Toolkit and folks using the toolkit can adapt the ideas in the context of open media content.
My abstract for a workshop on the toolkit at the OER 15 conference has been accepted and I think it will be a valuable addition to cite and apply in the workshop.
Good luck with it.
Doug Belshaw
January 12, 2015 — 8:30 pm
Yes, of course. š
Craig Taylor
January 12, 2015 — 6:46 pm
Hi Doug,
I can’t seem to vote for v2 of Upping Your Productivity (I’ve already got v1), so I’m casting my vote here instead!
Cheers
Craig
Doug Belshaw
January 12, 2015 — 8:30 pm
Thanks Craig! I don’t think I thought the whole thing through. Might try again…
John Cooper
January 12, 2015 — 9:12 pm
#uppingyourgame +1
Doug Belshaw
January 15, 2015 — 9:11 pm
Thanks John!
Tim Leonard
January 13, 2015 — 9:09 am
Hi Doug, I tried voting for the Digital Literacies workbook, but it wasn’t working for me either. So I’ll cast my vote here!
Great work on your first ebook by the way. I found it extremely useful and have recommended it to a number of colleagues. I’m using the Essential Elements model to help plan a number of sessions for students this term.
Cheers,
Tim
Doug Belshaw
January 15, 2015 — 9:12 pm
Oh excellent, glad you’ve found it useful. Thanks for the vote!
OliverP
January 13, 2015 — 8:29 pm
+1 uppingyourgame: a practical guide to personal productivity v2.0
Doug Belshaw
January 14, 2015 — 9:32 am
Thanks, Oliver!
AlvaroCC
January 13, 2015 — 9:21 pm
The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies: the workbook!!
Doug Belshaw
January 14, 2015 — 9:32 am
Thanks, Alvaro!
Mikko
January 15, 2015 — 9:20 pm
Workbook!
Doug Belshaw
January 15, 2015 — 9:34 pm
Thanks Mikko!
Perry Timms
January 15, 2015 — 9:23 pm
The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies: the workbook would be very useful for me. Love the idea; good luck with the writing.
Doug Belshaw
January 15, 2015 — 9:34 pm
Thanks Perry!
Nate Otto
January 15, 2015 — 10:44 pm
I’d love to see the Digital Literacies workbook. Cheers!
Doug Belshaw
January 16, 2015 — 7:49 am
Thanks Nate!
cesar
January 16, 2015 — 8:14 am
I’d love to see a v2 of Upping Your Productivity, but I think other options would benefit more people.
Doug Belshaw
January 16, 2015 — 10:05 am
Thanks Cesar – very selfless of you š
Nicola schofield
January 16, 2015 — 8:40 am
The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies: the workbook. Yes please. Practical, hands-on advice and activities are what we need in primaries!
Thanks
Nicola
Doug Belshaw
January 16, 2015 — 10:05 am
Thanks Nicola!
Laia
January 16, 2015 — 9:04 am
I’d be interested in the workbook as well.
Cheers!
Doug Belshaw
January 16, 2015 — 10:07 am
Thanks Laia!
Tim Jefferis
January 18, 2015 — 6:38 am
Of all the stuff you write share I think it’s the stuff about productivity that I enjoy reading most. #uppingyourgame would get my #1 vote.
Doug Belshaw
January 18, 2015 — 9:32 am
Thanks Tim!
Martyn Eggleton
January 18, 2015 — 6:41 am
Digital Literacies Workbook, please.
Doug Belshaw
January 18, 2015 — 9:32 am
Thanks Martyn!
Evelyn O'Connor
January 18, 2015 — 9:09 am
Workbook please!
Doug Belshaw
January 18, 2015 — 9:33 am
Thanks Evelyn!
Sally Hirst
January 18, 2015 — 11:27 am
Workbook please. I’m flooded with information that makes sense, people saying how things ought to be broken down into practical applicable steps or what stuff is, but it is rare to find hands on examples of anything that you can use immediately, as opposed to generally good intentions that take hours to craft into good steps in a classroom, a course or some kind of self study guideline – problem solving activites that get a learner to where you want them to be rather than telling them what it is you think they should know (and I know that is partly because every environment calls for slightly different tasks, but if the tasks really work, once you have seen them you can adapt and use again and again in different ways).
Doug Belshaw
January 18, 2015 — 1:53 pm
Thanks Sally! It would be good to get real-world feedback if and when I start writing the workbook. š
Arthur Oglesby
January 18, 2015 — 12:14 pm
The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies: the workbook
Doug Belshaw
January 18, 2015 — 1:53 pm
Thanks Arthur!
James Stuttard
January 18, 2015 — 2:00 pm
I’d like to see an open badges book.
Doug Belshaw
January 18, 2015 — 5:37 pm
Thanks James!
James Bancroft
January 18, 2015 — 8:36 pm
#uppingyourgame
Ian Harcombe
January 18, 2015 — 9:01 pm
For me, the workbook first… then the badges second.
Doug Belshaw
January 18, 2015 — 9:16 pm
Thanks Ian!
Juan
January 19, 2015 — 7:47 am
Iād like to see an open badges book.
Doug Belshaw
January 19, 2015 — 9:12 am
Thanks Juan!
Arfah
January 19, 2015 — 5:56 pm
#uppingyourgame: a practical guide to personal productivity v2.0? . I dunno what it is but this is something I’m now super interested in this year so this would be very useful! I’m re-discovering all this dead-time I had and finding myself learning more through podcasts while commuting (makes me more happy than reading the newspaper that is for sure!)
Doug Belshaw
January 20, 2015 — 10:31 am
Thanks Arf! I’m definitely a fan of podcasts too. š
Elizabeth
January 20, 2015 — 12:43 pm
I’d be interested in “The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies”
Doug Belshaw
January 21, 2015 — 2:01 pm
Thanks Elizabeth!