Generative Textbooks are a new kind of tool for learning. They combine the technical power of generative AI with the participatory power of open education to make learning more affordable, effective, and meaningful. Traditional print and open textbooks can only contain a limited number of explanations, examples, and other learning activities. Generative Textbooks provide learners with a near infinite number of highly effective explanations, examples, and other learning activities.
GenText Studio is a no-code, open source tool allowing (1) students to learn with Generative Textbooks and (2) instructors, instructional designers, students, and others to create Generative Textbooks.
Generative Textbooks are described in more detail in the following articles (in which Generative Textbooks were previously called OELMs):
- Where Open Education Meets Generative AI: OELMs
- The OELMs Architecture: The Technical Power of Generative AI Meets the Participatory Power of OER
- Making AI a More Effective Teacher: Lessons from TPACK
by combining:
- open weights generative AI models (proprietary models can also be used),
- open content for context augmentation, and
- openly licensed learning activity prompts.