A project supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 1205113

2013 HI-TEC ConferenceJuly 24, 2013

Austin, TXMichael Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator

Kelly Parr, Project Administrator

http://vimeo.com/61275290

The goal of the project is to develop reusable frameworks and templates for the development of e-books, mobile and web-based applications for technical education.

>3X CPI increase

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.

About 11% of college students have bought e-textbooks, according to market research firm Student Monitor.

Why?

from evolution. . .

to REVOLUTION

?How

Math

Networking

Logistics

Photonics/Optics

Phase 1

interactive

Phase 2

Multi-platform

Multi-device

Phase 3

Mobile Apps

The traditional college textbook model will likely suffer the same fate as the traditional encyclopedia when it was

challenged by Wikipedia

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?

iBooks Author

Controversy ????

Widgets

Widget ResourcesiBooks 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/bookhttp://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

References

How the world has changed: St. Peter’s Square in 2005 and 2013. (2013). Retrieved http://parislemon.com/post/45353899298/digg-st-peters-square-in-2005-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/the-college-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-open-educational-resources-movement-is-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-Ownership-2013/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-textbook-sales/52603526/1

Michael Qaissaunee, PImqaissaunee@brookdalecc.edu732-224-2879

Kelly Parr, Project Administratorkparr@brookdalecc.edu732-224-2193

www.e-mate-bcc.org