E-book Access and Creation for the Higher Ed Classroom

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2013 NJEDge Annual Conference November 21, 2013 Plainsboro, NJ Michael Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator Kelly Parr, Project Administrator E-book Access and Creation for the Higher Ed Classroom A project supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 1205113

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2. Instead of asking whether the Web and the various devices connected to it are making us stupid, what if we could mindfully design and use digital media to make us smarter? What if humans could build electronic tools that leverage our ability to think, communicate, and cooperate? 3. mage Source: http://parislemon.com/post/45353899298/digg-st-peters-square-in-2005-and-2013-what 4. A third of American adults ages 18 and older own a tablet almost twice as many as the 18% who owned a tablet a year ago. 5. >3X CPI increase 6. 11% College students have bought e-textbooks Source: Student Monitor 7. Photo by Louisa Goulimaki/AFP/Getty 8. Image source: http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/metropolis-giant-city-for-minecraft-pocket-edition/ 9. Image source: http://videojuegosantiguos.blogspot.com/2011/04/comienzo.html 10. Video Sources: Teacher sleeping, bottom right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B gagXmenRq4 Heather: top right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy WEYqSazIs Reading book, top left: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh E7rLuUa1M History class; bottom left: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w bGQ5giZ46w 11. The traditional college textbook model will likely suffer the same fate as the traditional encyclopedia when it was challenged by Wikipediahttp://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/the-college-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-open-educational-resources-movement-is-going-up-against-the-textbook-cartel/ 12. Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk 13. from evolution. . .Image Source: http://www.prlog.org/11534825-ipad-development-company-brings-revolution-in-ipad-ebook-publishing-services.html 14. to REVOLUTION 15. rethink, retool, and reinventYear 3 Year 2 Year 1 16. Photonics/OpticsLogistics: Automated WarehouseNetworking Math Anxiety 17. Phase 1: Interactive 18. Phase 1 Tools 19. iBooks Author 20. Phase Multi2: platform Multi-device 21. Phase 3 Mobile Appsmage Source: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/apps.png 22. GoalCreate and share tools and guides based on lessons learned and best practices to support educators wishing to develop interactive e-books and mobile apps to foster teaching and learning. 23. Image Source: http://www.allpetnews.com/pet-food-recalls-of-2013/pupeating 24. Demo from iPad 25. Widget Resources iBooks Author: $0 (recent Mac only) http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/ Tumult Hype: $36 (1-4 license education) http://tumult.com/hype/purchasing/Bookry: Free with Bookry branding; without Bookry branding $24/widget $124/book http://bookry.com/pricing/ Book Widgets: Subscription for small publisher 50% education discount $250/year for up to 10 macs, 5 people, no branding http://www.ibook-widgets.com/#pricing 26. References How the world has changed: St. Peters Square in 2005 and 2013. (2013). Retrieved http://parislemon.com/post/45353899298/digg-st-peters-square-in2005-and-2013-what Percent Change Since 1978 for Educational Books, Medical Services, New Home Prices, and CPI (2012). Retrieved from http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/thecollege-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-open-educational-resources-movementis-going-up-against-the-textbook-cartel/ Pew Internet, Pew Internet and American Life Project. (2013, June 10). Tablet Ownership 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013, from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablet-Ownership2013/Findings.aspx Yu, R. (2012, January 17). Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook adoption. USA Today. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-16/ebook-textbooksales/52603526/1 27. Michael Qaissaunee, PI Kelly Parr, Project [email protected] Administrator u [email protected] 732-224-2879 732-224-2193 www.e-mate-bcc.org