A/V > NME 2013 > A1 - New Media Publishing: Whither the Textbook?

DURATION = ~ 60 MINUTES

How has the proliferation of digital media reshaped the traditional academic publishing paradigm, and how can faculty use these emerging technologies to teach more effectively? Our panelists will recount their experiences developing and teaching with new media texts. Grant Ackerman will speak about the Business School's integration of iPads in the MBA program and their use of the iBook as an extended learning resource. Dr. Paulette Bernd will discuss the iPad dissection manual she developed for use in the Gross Anatomy laboratory. Mark Newton will talk about how CDRS' partners with Columbia faculty to implement innovative digital tools and publishing platforms for content delivery and preservation.

Scheduled Panelists

• Paulette Bernd, Director, Clinical Gross Anatomy, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
• Grant Ackerman, Professor of Management, Columbia Business School
• Mark Newton, Production Manager, Center for Digital Research and Scholarship
• Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D., Higgins Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University

Moderator: Steve Welsh, Educational Technologist, CCNMTL

Source and Link To A/V Available At 

[http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/nme2013/sessions/a1.html]

Driving Adoptions of OER Through Communities of Practice

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oU03xtIUrs]

• Charles Key, ODG Director for Adoptions, College Open Textbooks, and Grants
• Mike Alvord, Director of Operation, Newhall County Water District and Adjunct Faculty, College of the Canyons
• Regina Blasberg, Chair, Engineering Technologies Department, College of the Canyons
• Donna Gaudet, Faculty, Mathematics, Scottsdale Community College
• Mirya Holman, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Florida Atlantic University
• Lisa White-McNulty, Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of St. Francis

NISO Webinar: Universal Accessibility: Creating E-Books Anyone Can Read

April 10, 2013 / 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

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About the Webinar

One of the exciting aspects of e-books and the newer standards for them is the ability content creators have to create a format that provides for accessibility for everyone. From individuals who are visually impaired to those that have cognitive or learning disabilities, all can all be accommodated with the latest dizzying array of devices that support a variety of functionality and multimedia. In this webinar you will learn about new and emerging technologies to provide universal accessibility, including built-in accessibility for textbooks and an open source platform.

Agenda

Emerging Technologies for the Visually Impaired — Anne Taylor, Director of Access Technology, National Federation for the Blind

Built-in Access for Digital Textbooks — Michele Bruno, Program Manager, Accessibility, Cengage Learning

An Introduction to the Readium-based accessible Bookshare Web Reader — Ginny Grant, Product Manager, Benetech

Registration

Registration closes on April 10, 2013 at 12:00 pm Eastern.

Registration Costs

SAVE! Register for multiple events.

NISO Member: $95.00 (US and Canada) / $109.00 (International)

NASIG Member: $95.00

Non-Member: $125.00 (US and Canada) /  $149.00 (International) / Student $49.00

Source and Registration Links Available At 

[http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/webinars/accessibility]

Jorum: Learning to Share

Jorum is a Jisc funded Service in Development in UK Further and Higher Education, to collect and share learning and teaching materials, allowing their reuse and repurposing. This free online repository service forms a key part of the Jisc Information Environment, and is intended to become part of the wider landscape of repositories being developed institutionally, locally, regionally or across subject areas. We use a modified version of DSpace for Jorum.

Jorum is run by Mimas, based at the University of Manchester.

The word ‘Jorum’ is of Biblical origin and means a collecting (or drinking) bowl.

Digital Textbooks Topic Preferences

Colleagues/

I am greatly interested in learning of your interests and preferences with regard to topics as they relate to Digital Textbooks for posting of news items on the _DT > Digital Textbooks_ blog (http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/).

Please Note > All responses are anonymous and will only be used to set posting priorities.

The candidate topics are:

• Accessibility
• Bookstore roles
• Business models
• Copyright / intellectual property
• Cost / price issues
• Higher Ed initiatives
• K-12 initiatives
• National initiatives
• Open Access digital textbooks
• Platforms / frameworks
• Self-publishing initiatives
• State initiatives
• Student receptivity / experience 

The survey is available at 

[http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8P2DPDF]

Thanks for your assistance !

/Gerry

Van Schaik Launches Interactive e-Textbook

Launched in the beginning of February 2013 by Van Schaik, and using Ingram’s VitalSource Bookshelf platform, the electronic academic textbook – known as the e-Textbook – is a direct response to students’ evolving needs and is selling beyond the business’s expectations.

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All that one requires to read an e-Textbook is hardware that can connect to the internet and the free VitalSource Bookshelf App available for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS if one wants to access it offline.

The e-Texts allow for multiple functionalities, such as highlighting, inserting notes, searching texts and sharing notes with friends. You can subscribe to your friends and lecturers, and "follow" them as they make their own notes and highlights, and even search through their notes.

Students are able to access their e-Textbook and notes anywhere using their ‘myVanSchaikBookshelf’ Vitalsource account. Therefore, students are not limited to reading their e-Textbook on the PC or device that they originally downloaded it on.

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With the e-book industries making it seem like print copies are on the verge of fading into history, the e-Textbook has made the chance ever more plausible. With the e-Textbook available in 17 languages and with more than 1.5 million users on 6 000 campuses worldwide, the initiative is surely a successful one thus far, and seems unlikely to peter out anytime soon.

Source and Full Text Available At

[http://www.varsitynewspaper.co.za/news/1364-van-schaik-launches-interactive-e-textbook]

Sixty New Publishers Add Content to Ingram's VitalSource e-Textbook Platform to Reach the Education Market

Nashville, TN – Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group’s leading e-textbook solution for publishers, academic institutions, and students, today announced that sixty new publishers have added more than 35,000 new digital textbooks and online course materials to its VitalSource Bookshelf® platform.

"The students of today are using technology to their advantage, and we are experiencing significant growth in the number of publisher, institutional, and reseller customers using the VitalSource Bookshelf platform," said Kent Freeman, Chief Operating Officer, Vital Source Technologies, Inc. "We will continue to nurture our publisher relationships and expand and diversify our title selection to provide the digital content that's in demand by students and educators worldwide."

The most recent publishers using the VitalSource platform to reach the education market include fourteen of the most recognized university presses.  In addition, publishers that specialize in medical, scientific, law, religion, general trade, and standards-based education content have committed titles to the platform.  These newest publishers join Cengage Learning, Elsevier, Wiley, McGraw-Hill, and more than 200 other publishers that currently make content available through VitalSource Bookshelf.  

"As institutions around the world continue to move to digital learning environments, working with Ingram's VitalSource platform gives us the tools to easily expand the reach of our titles to the broader education community," said Jed Lyons, President & CEO, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. "As more schools reshape and enhance their curriculums for today’s student with digital content and technology from Vital Source, more Rowman & Littlefield titles will be available to those that want them."

VitalSource Bookshelf, with 2.7 million registered users on 6,000 campuses worldwide, is the preferred and most used e-textbook delivery platform in higher education. Delivering digital content to institutions for more than a decade, Bookshelf users can access content from more than 260 of the world's top academic, trade, and specialty publishers whenever and wherever they choose.  The Bookshelf platform, can be accessed online or via download, on a variety of device types including Mac®, Windows®, iPad®, and Android®

Source

[http://www.vitalsource.com/pressreleases/Pages/Sixty-new-publishers-add-content-to-Ingrams-VitalSource-e-textbook-platform-to-reach-the-education-market.aspx]