A project supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 2013 HI-TEC Conference July 24, 2013 Austin, TX el Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator Kelly Parr, Project Administrator
Dec 05, 2014
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
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