digital textbooks

Mobile Learning Leaders to Transform Education Through Digital Publishing — from PRNewswire.com

On 04/16/2010, in digital textbooks, game-changing environment, mobile learning, mobile technologies, publishing, research, by Daniel Christian

Mobile Learning Leaders to Transform Education Through Digital Publishing— from PRNewswire.com

PARIS, CAMBRIDGE, England and ABILENE, Texas, April 12, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Abilene Christian University, Cambridge University Press and Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs have embarked on a joint research project whose intent is to set out a new path towards the future of publishing – from creation through distribution – by putting tools that enhance education in the hands of individuals.

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Cooperation and Convergence— from Rethinking Higher Education by Barry Currier

CreativeLIVE.com — resource from Daniel Laninga

On 04/08/2010, in creativity, design, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, lifelong learning, mobile learning, multimedia, web design and production, by Daniel Christian

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Introducing creativeLIVE.com: Worldwide FREE Creative Education — from Chase Jarvis

Results from the Kindle DX pilot at Princeton University — from The Cite

On 03/26/2010, in digital textbooks, mobile learning, mobile technologies, publishing, by Daniel Christian

Results from the Kindle DX pilot at Princeton University — from The Cite

Ohio lawmakers push for digital textbooks & related savings moves — from collegetextbooknews.com

On 03/26/2010, in digital textbooks, publishing, textbooks, by Daniel Christian

Ohio lawmakers push for digital textbooks & related savings moves — — from collegetextbooknews.com

A is for App: How smartphones, handheld computers sparked an educational revolution

On 03/26/2010, in 24x7x365 access, change, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, education technology, educational games / serious games, mobile learning, mobile technologies, by Daniel Christian

Above resource is from the Mobile iEducator blog

Blueprints and Broadband — from ednetnews.com

On 03/22/2010, in digital audio, digital learning, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, education technology, K-12 related, technologies for your home, telecommunications, by Daniel Christian

Blueprints and Broadband — from ednetnews.com by Anne Wujcik —Friday, March 19, 2010

…the Obama Administration released its blueprint to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), to mixed reviews. “A Blueprint for Reform” sets out the administration’s K-12 priorities and provides a bit more detail about how the various programs will operate.
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The plan sets out six long term goals for the next decade, including calling for every American community to have affordable access to at least 1 gigabit per second broadband service to anchor institutions such as schools, hospitals and government buildings and at least 100 million U.S. homes to have affordable access to actual download speeds of at least 100 megabits per second and actual upload speeds of at least 50 megabits per second (emphasis DSC).

On first read, there doesn’t seem to be anything really unexpected in the administration’s blueprint for the reauthorization of ESEA. Talking to Congress, Secretary Duncan emphasized that the blueprint supports the administration’s three major goals for reauthorization…

Textbooks that professors can rewrite digitally — from the NY Times

On 03/15/2010, in changing business models, digital textbooks, publishing, textbooks, by Daniel Christian

“The modifiable e-book editions will be much cheaper than traditional print textbooks. ‘Psychology,’ for example, which has a list price of $134.29 (available on Barnes & Noble’s Web site for $122.73), will sell for $48.76 in the DynamicBooks version. Macmillan is also offering print-on-demand versions of the customized books, which will be priced closer to traditional textbooks.”

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