On 07/02/2010,
in digital textbooks, e-readers, new business models, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
On 07/01/2010,
in 21st century, art, assessment, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, e-readers, education, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, geography / geology, higher education, interactivity, IT in HE, learning ecosystem, online learning,
by Daniel Christian
This year’s presentations included:
- Articulating Assessment: Digital Storytelling for Digital Work
Virginia Kuhn, University of Southern California - How IT Rescued a $100,000 No Budget Project
Lou Rera, Buffalo State College - Kindling Students – HCC’s eBook Classroom Project
Lorah Gough, Houston Community College System; Laurel Lacroix, Houston Community College System - Partnering for a 21st Century Education
Holly Ludgate, Full Sail University; Sharyn Gabriel, Orange County Public Schools; Kathy Craven, Full Sail University; Michael Cardwell, Full Sail University - Plasma Playground: Innovative Ideas for Training Students Techs
Helmut Baer, Dartmouth College - Timelines Tell All! Peasants and Revolutionaries Don’t Always Agree
Molly Ruggles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Touchless Interactive Art in the Personal Computer
Seiji Ikeda, University of Texas, Arlington; Collin Hover, University of Texas, Arlington - Using Voice Tools with Students in Online Courses
Gail Krovitz, Pearson Learning - Which Castle is That? Geotagging as a Tool for Research and Scholarship
Jared Bendis, Case Western Reserve University
On 07/01/2010,
in digital textbooks, e-readers, education technology, K-12 related,
by Daniel Christian
Here are some excellent resources re: eBooks and the iPad — from Johnny Ansari, Calvin College’s Teaching & Learning Digital Studio
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On 06/30/2010,
in accessibility / UDL, digital textbooks, e-readers, education technology, emerging technologies, textbooks,
by Daniel Christian
Driving home the point on accessibility — InsideHigherEd.com
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on Tuesday released an open letter to colleges expressing concern that some institutions might be “using electronic book readers that are not accessible to students who are blind or have low vision” and warning them that the government will crack down on any institutions that are “requiring” disabled students to use emerging technology that does not comply with federal accessibility laws.
On 06/29/2010,
in digital textbooks, e-readers, multimedia, publishing, textbooks,
by Daniel Christian
On 06/02/2010,
in 21st century, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, disruption, e-readers, education, game-changing environment, publishing, tablets, textbooks,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/10/2010,
in adjunct faculty, business side of he, change, changing business models, content development, aggregation, repositories, digital textbooks, disruption, e-readers, entrepreneurship, faculty, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, publishing, using teams,
by Daniel Christian
Earn more, charge less
He also spends less money publishing them. With his original textbook, he printed 3,000 copies and had to store them, so he didn’t break even for a while. That’s not the case with creating e-textbooks.
“You don’t have to have a bunch of books laying around, you don’t have to have the initial startup costs,” Chamberlain said, “and then you can send that savings on back to the students.”
For the past five years, Florida State College at Jacksonville has been driving down the cost of textbooks for its students through the SIRIUS initiative. SIRIUS brings together between 50 and 75 faculty members to create course material and textbooks for classes they’re qualified to teach, said Chief Operations Officer Jack Chambers. So far, they’ve developed 20 interactive general education courses.
The textbooks cost $60.98 in print, but this fall, they will publish online through CafeScribe at a price of $48 each. Eleven other colleges will use them as well.
Before the courses publish, a team of content specialists, instructional designers, quality assurance staff and multimedia personnel review them, as do expert faculty members outside the college (emphasis DSC).
On 05/03/2010,
in e-readers,
by Daniel Christian
