Fw: [Fr-Pro] Seeking part-time volunteer for Open Textbooks; Joomla skills

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>From: Jacky Kay Hood <http://www.bigtent.info/~jhood>
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>Subject: [Fr-Pro] Seeking part-time volunteer for Open Textbooks; Joomla 
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>Subject: Seeking part-time volunteer for Open Textbooks
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>Open textbooks provide great advantages for both instructors and students; 
>join us in driving awareness, adoptions, and affordability! 
>Regards, Jacky Hood, Co-Director, College Open Textbooks
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>Seeking Volunteer part-timeJoomla developer/webmaster to update the College 
>Open Textbooks website
>College Open Textbooks (COT) is an educational organizationthat promotes the 
>adoption and use of open educational resources (OER). Theseresources are a 
>rapidly growing segment of education today. They reduce thecost of textbooks 
>for college and university students and provide flexibilityfor professors and 
>instructors.
>We are currently seeking a volunteer who is passionate about education, and 
>has experience with Joomla 1.7, to provide assistance with updatingand 
>maintaining our website at www.collegeopentextbooks.orgWebmaster experience 
>desired, but notrequired.
>Our website lists a large collection of open textbooks andprovides links to 
>other OER sites. The site also includes reviews for many ofthe textbooks. We 
>continually need to update portions of the site and keep itmaintained. We are 
>also planning to add some exciting new features to ourwebsite in the near 
>future.
>Among the many benefits of volunteering, you will be able tonetwork with 
>others who are involved with OER, learn more about OER, gainrecognition and 
>recommendation for work well done, keep current with Joomladevelopment, and 
>have something worthwhile to add to your resume.
>If you areinterested, please contact me.
>James (Jim) Huether
>http://www.gmail.com/~james.huether
>Sr. Manager at College Open Textbooks