Share|Inspired to action by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in late 2012, Elliott Ingersoll, author of Flat World’s upcoming Personality textbook, knew he had to speak out.  In his honest TEDxCLE talk entitled “Mental Health in the Age of Violence: From Pushing Pills to Counseling Skills,” he discusses how we cannot find mental health...

Share| A 2012 study from Babson Survey Research Group estimates that more than 6.7 million students are now taking at least one online course. Although we may understand how the typical class works, the online classroom and technology present a new set of variables and challenges. On his blog, Richard G. Jones, Jr., author of Communication in the Real World, offers...

Share|  Every so often, students send us reviews of our textbooks.  Here are a few thoughts sent to us by Don Malzahn, a student at Northern Illinois University, on using a Flat World book on his Kindle. BTW: We love getting mail, so send us us your ideas, reactions, wish lists, fan mail, frustration mail; the good and the bad.   It makes a difference,...

Share|We love hearing from our customers–whether it be good, bad, or in between. Here, Alena Amato Ruggerio, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, describes how she took action against high textbook prices and how it changed the learning experience for her students. (Student feedback used...

Share|At Flat World Knowledge, our authors produce high-quality, peer-reviewed content. We continually explore how we can improve processes–and we’re not afraid of a few bumps along the way. Recently, to spark community interaction (and to make the process easier, we hope!), we launched a new way to review through Google docs. Here’s how it works: The...