Pandoracampus is a multi-publisher digital platform for higher education that provides eTextbooks, active content for studying and teaching, and resources for testing learning progress. It aims to help study through a digital environment that offers more options than printed books. Pandoracampus exists as both a web platform and an app for iOS tablets that can be used offline. It was developed through research and development, focus groups, testing in actual courses, and a pilot launch in 2013-2014 before a full market launch in 2014-2015.

1. Pandoracampus
a
mul&-­‐publishers
digital
pla2orm
for
higher
educa&on
Tisp
-­‐
Frankfurt
Bookfair
2014

2. •
What
is
Pandoracampus?
It
is
a
mul&-­‐publisher
digital
pla2orm
for
higher
educa&on
•
100%
eTextbooks,
as
well
as
ac=ve
content,
addi=onal
features
for
studying
and
teaching,
and
resources
for
tes&ng
your
learning
progress
•
It
aims
at
helping
study
by
means
of
a
digital
environment,
which
gives
more
op&ons
•
It
is
both
a
web
plaEorm
(please
go
to
www.pandoracampus.it),
and
an
app
for
iOs
tablet,
which
can
be
used
off
line
as
well

3. What
is
Pandoracampus?
WEBAPP

4. What
is
Pandoracampus?
APP
on
iPad

5. •
Reasons
why
it’s
It
prompts
the
study
of
texbooks
•
Printed
books
are
engineered
-­‐
fully-­‐
fledged
digital
edi=ons
(no
pdf
and
no
ac&ve
Drm)
•
It
adds
context
around
content:
digital
store
+
elearning
evironment
=
editorial
services
•
It
is
based
on
standards
and
so
open
to
integra&on,
and
complies
with
up-­‐to-­‐date
technology
new

6. • Fully
Build
on
standards
based
on
standards:
– Docbook
and
html5
for
text;
– Css
&
javascript
for
interac&vity
– Doi,
Onix
and
Marc21
for
metadata;
– Ims
L&
&
Q&
for
resources
and
quizzes
• Interoperability:
It
can
be
integrated
with
elearning-­‐pla2orms,
opac
and
online
stores
• Portability:
via
browser,
all
the
sysop
–
app
for
Android
in
2015

7. Innova=ve
on
access:
Flexibility
Ways
of
access:
• 1
month
access
(automa&c
renewal);
• 6
month
access
(renewal
on
demand);
• bundle
with
paper;
• access
for
ins&tu&ons
(to
be
nego&ated);
• 1
month
free
access
(renewable)
Accessed
contents:
• either
books
or
chapters
• course
pack

8. Pandoracampus’s
building
blocks
• The
reader:
concentrate
on
text
• The
ac=ve
content:
interact
and
understand
beZer
• The
resources:
go
in
deep
and
verify
• The
services:
individual
ac&ons,
community,
personaliza&on,
integra&on

9. COURSESMART
VS
PANDORACAMPUS

10. CourseSmart
vs
Pandoracampus
Coursesmart
(like
print)

11. CourseSmart
vs
Pandoracampus
Pandorcampus
level
1:
like
html

12. CourseSmart
vs
Pandoracampus
Pandorcampus
leve
2:
interac&vity

13. How
we
have
worked
/
1
• Par&ally
founded
by
a
regional
program
• Parthership
with
university
of
Bologna
• Mostly
developed
by
our
teams
and
operated
by
our
digital
copyeditors
• First,
study
of
ini&a&ves/projects
in
a
worldwide
context
(pondering
on
local
constraints)
>>
R&D

14. • One
How
we
have
worked
/
2
year
spent
on
experimen&ng
(produc&on
as
well)
• Focus
groups
with
authors,
students,
professors,
universi&es,
domain
experts
• Feedback
from
both
authors,
and
publishers
• Tests
in
actual
courses
• Pilot
start
on
2013-­‐14
AY,
on
the
market
2014-­‐15
AY

15. The landscape
PRINTED
SERVICES
ON
PRINTED
• Personaliza&on
(Pod
etc)
ETEXT
(simple)
• Digi&za&on
as
alterna&ve
(for
channel,
price,
etc)
ETEXT
(advanced)
• Digi&za&on
as
interac&on
• Portability,
interoperability
• Standard
• Disability
SERVICES
and
RESOURCES
with
ETEXT
• Exercize,
assignment,
assesment
• Collabora&on,
labs
• Text
as
commodity
RESORCES
FOR
COURSES
• No
book,
repositories
of
learning
obj
or
courses
• Self-­‐produc&on,
OpenContent
MOOCS
• No
book,
video
courses
PLATFORMS
WITH
NO
CONTENT
• For
universi&es
ad
publishers

16. •
The
risks
for
higher
edu
(without
EU
support)
No
EU
players,
no
publishers
among
actors
•
The
winner
takes
all:
as
in
academic
sector
>>
reduc&on
of
cultural
diversity
and
loss
of
cultural
heritage
•
Traspone,
not
translate
and
wihtout
crea&vity
•
More
possibili&es,
no
use
>>
delusion
and
frustra&on
=
delay
in
diffusion
•
Few
techology
>>
poor
products,
not
standard,
expensive
in
industrial
perspec&ve
•
Too
technology
>>
but
poor
content,
and
poor
behaviour

17. Key
points
&
needs
• Semplicity:
an
european
project
is
too
complex
to
afford
• Shorter
&
Smaller:
in
&me
and
financial
needs
• Good
mix:
publishing
&
technology
together
• Not
only
research,
also
industry
• Not
too
far,
not
to
close:
publishing
for
the
next
decade,
not
millennium

18. More
info
• www.pandoracampus.it
• info@pandoracampus.it
• andrea.angiolini@mulino.it