{"id":9365,"date":"2010-09-17T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=9365"},"modified":"2010-09-17T12:26:18","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T16:26:18","slug":"nine-important-trends-in-the-evolution-of-digital-textbooks-and-e-learning-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/09\/17\/nine-important-trends-in-the-evolution-of-digital-textbooks-and-e-learning-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine important trends in the evolution of digital textbooks and e-learning content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.xplana.com\/2010\/09\/nine-important-trends-in-the-evolution-of-digital-textbooks-and-e-learning-content\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nine important trends in the evolution of digital textbooks and  e-learning content<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>&#8212; from xplana.com by       Rob Reynolds<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Per Rob Reynolds:<\/em><br \/>\nI gave a presentation last week in which I talked about nine trends that we\u2019re currently tracing with regards to digital content in Higher Education. These are the critical trends that we believe will determine both growth and innovation in this market. Here are the nine trends along with a brief comment on each.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The increased disaggregation of content and the breaking up of  the traditional textbook model<\/li>\n<li>A proliferation of e-content and e-learning apps that support  content disaggregation and new product models<\/li>\n<li>A merging of the current rental market and the e-textbook market<\/li>\n<li>A wide range of license\/subscription models designed to respond  to consumer demands around price and ownership<\/li>\n<li>The growth of Open Education Resource (OER) repositories<\/li>\n<li>The development of a common XML format for e-textbooks, shared  by all publishers and educational technology players<\/li>\n<li>The importance of devices and branded devices<\/li>\n<li>The development of e-commerce and new product ecosystems that  challenge the traditional college bookstore<\/li>\n<li>A move from evolution to innovation and revolution<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2010\/09\/14\/amazon-internet-evolution-technology-ebooks.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The vanishing line between books and Interne<\/strong>t<\/a> &#8212; from Forbes.com by Hugh McGuire\u00a0<cite><\/cite><br \/>\nThe inevitability of truly connected books and why  publishers need APIs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">But everything exists within the EPUB spec already to make the next  obvious but frightening step: Let books live properly within the  Internet, along with websites, databases, blogs, Twitter, map systems,  and applications.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<br \/>\nI&#8217;m about to take a class on the future of teaching and learning&#8230;and I have to tell you that I was very disappointed to be presented with a syllabus &#8220;<em>featuring<\/em>&#8221; a textbook from <em>2004<\/em>&#8230;geez.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine important trends in the evolution of digital textbooks and e-learning content &#8212; from xplana.com by Rob Reynolds Per Rob Reynolds: I gave a presentation last week in which I talked about nine trends that we\u2019re currently tracing with regards to digital content in Higher Education. 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