The first book in the Global Text Project, a project spearheaded by Terry College of Business Professor Rick Watson to create 1,000 free online textbooks for people in developing nations, is now in use in colleges in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
About a dozen more books are being written by an international team of volunteer professors and Watson is expanding the project to include students, who will be marketing the books and working on graphics, styling and other elements.
Watson, J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Chair for Internet Strategy and director of the UGA Center for Information Systems Leadership, launched the project after learning that many students in developing nations don’t have textbooks or are using out-of-date books or single copies that can’t be shared.
