Archived Orange Grove Webinars

Open Source Options for Digital Repositories, November 20, 2009
Presented by Dr. William Moen   

A project team at the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, University of North Texas, with funding by the OnCoRe Blueprint Project, undertook a review of seven open source software (OSS) platforms and applications that can be used in the context of a learning object repository (LOR). The project focused primarily on the technical specifications, features, and functions of the underlying software. The review also examined implementation-specific LORs’ use of the OSS platforms, which included discussions with the LOR implementers. This presentation will reviews the results and findings as well as discussing the opportunities and challenges of using OSS.

Automated Metadata and Content Discovery, July 17, 2009

Damon Regan from Eduworks  discusses the role of metadata in the discovery of learning content. He demonstrated how metadata can be automatically generated and employed in classifying content. One example is matching content to state standards.

Textbook Affordability: A Discussion About Skyrocketing Costs and Emerging Solutions June 18, 2009

Hear Nicole Allen, (Making Textbooks Affordable Project) and Eric Frank (Flat World Knowledge), as well as students and faculty members, discuss approaches for making open textbooks available to students. Introduction by Cable Green from the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges.

Orange Grove Textbooks May 29, 2009.

This webinar features Meredith Babb, from The University Press of Florida, speaking about Orange Grove Textbooks. This project will allow faculty and students throughout Florida to download open textbooks for online use and to purchase "print on demand" versions of these same textbooks for 40-50% of their present textbook costs.

SoftChalk and The Orange Grove, April 16, 2009


This session demonstrates features of SoftChalk’s “federated search” tool, which will include The Orange Grove in its list of searchable repositories. Once this integration is complete, publically available Orange Grove resources will be accessible through SoftChalk V5.

Dr. Timothy Lenz, April 16, 2009


Dr. Timothy Lenz, Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University, conducted a webinar about issues and challenges in creating e-Textbooks. He discussed his efforts to create an etext for American History and his support for open textbooks.

Common Cartridge, April 2, 2009


Presented by Kevin Riley, Senior Strategist for New Activities, IMS Global Learning Consortium

In this webinar, we learned about Common Cartridge open standards that enable interoperability among different types of content and systems. These standards also support great flexibility in the type of digital content supported and where such content is located

To learn more about the project, visit the Common Cartridge website or
Common Cartridge Alliance

Community College Open Textbook Project, Feb. 20, 2009
Presented by Dr. Judy Baker,
Project Director, Community College Open Textbook Project

This webinar highlights the Community College Open Textbook Project and their efforts to "make free, open textbooks a sustainable resource for faculty and students."

Repository Structure, Nov. 21, 2008


Presented by Cathy Alfano, Orange Grove Manager & Elizabeth Johnson, OnCoRe Blueprint Project Manager

A brief look at the underlying structure of The Orange Grove and the rationale for establishing that structure. Participants discussed some challenges not met by this structure, as well as different structural approaches.