1. The Legacy of Print and the Digital Future:
The Future of Content Delivery in the Research and Teaching Environment
Lessons from an ePioneer

2. • Delivering digital academic content in higher education since 2000
• Almost 10 million register users
• Over 2 million faculty accounts
• Combined over 10 million e-textbooks delivered in 2013
• Average session time: 20 minutes
• Content Accessed in over 220 countries
• Average pages per session: 20
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3. HISTORY OF INNOVATIONS
First
reflowable
eTextbook
First integrated
online/offline
solution
First faculty
online evaluation
services
Integrate with
bookstores to
support store
transactions
First digital
sampling
services for
publishers
First to return
outcome results
to grade books
First to be 508
accessibility
compliant
First to deliver both
reflowable and
print fidelity
First to
deliver
eResources
First integrated
LMS solution for
eTextbook
delivery
First to be
LTI2 certified
First integrated
eTextbook &
print fulfillment
First etextbook
platform
delivered on iOS
First to launch
Analytics
Dashboard
2000 20132007

4. New User Growth
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

5. • Always on
• Portable
• Shareable
• Best at didactic presentation
• Editorially, I am not sure
What Works Well in Print

6. • Can be highly interactive
• Can deliver complete learning solutions
• Easy interaction with large volume of content and “titles”
• Editorially, it is a revolutionary shift to create for digital first
What Works Well in Digital

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Courseware

8. 8
2
Adaptive
learning
Active, valid
assessment
LMS
integration
Analytics
Interactivity
Courseware

9. 9
MobilePC
InteractivityScreen
reading Integration
2
Adaptive
learning
Active, valid
assessment
LMS
integration
Analytics
Interactivity
Courseware

10. 10
2
3
Adaptive
learning
Active, valid
assessment
LMS
integration
Analytics
Interactivity
Courseware

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