This PowerPoint helps students to consider the concept of infinity.
E-book Access and Creation for the Higher Ed Classroom
1. E-book Access and Creation
for the Higher Ed Classroom
2013 NJEDge Annual
Conference
November 21, 2013
Plainsboro, NJ
Michael Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator
Kelly Parr, Project Administrator
A project supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE
1205113
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?
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
Wikipedia
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/
22. Phase 3
Mobile Apps
mage Source: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/apps.png
23. Goal
Create 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.
26. 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
27. 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-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
28. Michael Qaissaunee, PI
Kelly Parr, Project
mqaissaunee@brookdalecc.ed Administrator
u
kparr@brookdalecc.edu
732-224-2879
732-224-2193
www.e-mate-bcc.org
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
Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk
Image Source: http://www.prlog.org/11534825-ipad-development-company-brings-revolution-in-ipad-ebook-publishing-services.htmlScroll and stare From Evolution (simply creating a PDF from printed text book)
Image Source: http://techngadgets.co.uk/apple-launches-new-ibooks-2.htmlInteract and learnInteraction for Value—like early days of PowerPoint—early ebooks include simple pointless animations