Front cover image credits – we have led the horse to water
Rocky the Morgan Horse
Here is a picture of Rocky the Morgan Horse – having fun – and welcoming you to the research on open textbooks.
We have led the horse to water – now what. Jenn Barker and Jennifer Kirkey became convinced of the need for open textbooks primarily from a social justice perspective. We decided to do it in our classrooms. The next logical question was what do the students think? Yet you ask, what do horses have to do with that?
We noticed that many conference presentations had clever titles and we were struggling to find something that would sum up our attitudes. Jenn Barker is an avid owner and rider of horses, so Rocky the Morgan horse figures prominently in these slides. Jennifer Kirkey grew up on a farm in Eastern Ontario. Special thanks to Eric Urquhart, Jennifer’s partner for coming up with the name for this presentations. He works at Country Vines Winery in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada where there are many four-legged staff members. Most of the other horse pictures came from visits to the winery.
