Dustin A. Lewis | H2O Project Manager and Technical Lead March 13, 2013 | NEASIS&T

H2O is a suite of online classroom tools located at http://h2odev.law.harvard.edu

http://brk.mn/h2o [email protected]

BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY HARVARD LAW SCHOOL LIBRARY H20

H2O • License • Features and Functionalities • Adoption and Content • Open Source

H2O • License • Features and Functionalities • Adoption and Content • Open Source

H2O allows professors to

freely develop

,

remix

, and

share

online textbooks under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial Share Alike 3.0 License

H2O • License • Features and Functionalities • Adoption and Content • Open Source

playlist

remix it

collage

html nodes

layering

&

ellisions

&

highlightin g

&

annotation s

View only the required text, or expand the selection to view the entire case.

Add your own questions or comments within the tool.

Decide which layers of the text to view, highlight, or hide, including your own annotations.

Select which color you want for each layer.

&

to keep warm during Boston’s gelid winters …

1. cases 2. text blocks

media

H2O • License • Features and Functionalities • Adoption and Content • Open Source

The platform was successfully beta tested in Professor Jonathan Zittrain’s Fall 2011 Torts class at Harvard Law School.

Students’ Response

In Prof. Zittrain’s Torts class, students overwhelmingly (79%) preferred H2O to a traditional casebook

3 reasons

H2O • License • Features and Functionalities • Adoption and Content • Open Source

https://github.com/berkmancenter/h2o

http://brk.mn/h2o [email protected]