A project supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 1205113
Brookdale Community College Scholar’s DayMay15, 2013
Michael Qaissaunee, Principal InvestigatorKelly Parr, Project Administrator
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.
Why?
among students surveyed:
51% likely to bring a laptop to class
39% likely to bring a print textbook
most students use some sort of technology to study (laptop, phone, e-reader)
still not buying digital textbooks
... but ...
>3X CPI increase
NoPlans36%
Interested27%
Full-Scale
Implementa on
11%
Inves ga ng15%
Pilo ng11%
To what degree do Brookdale faculty plan to adopt E-books in their courses?
Source: Feb. 2013 survey of Brookdale Community College faculty.
from evolution. . .
to REVOLUTION
?How
Math
Networking
LogisticsPhotonics
Phase 1
interactive
Phase 2
Multi-platformMulti-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
iBooks Author
Controversy ????
Widgets
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/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