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A Model for Providing Course Content and Community Online

A Model for Providing Course Content and Community Online. Teaching outside the book!. KEN BALDAUF. Program in Interdisciplinary Computing. Living and Learning Online!. DISCONNECT. eTextbooks – a solution? . Competition is ramping up in eReader industry:

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A Model for Providing Course Content and Community Online

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  1. A Model for Providing Course Content and Community Online Teaching outside the book! KEN BALDAUF Program in Interdisciplinary Computing

  2. Living and Learning Online!

  3. DISCONNECT

  4. eTextbooks – a solution? • Competition is ramping up in eReader industry: • Amazon’s Kindle (3 models + new international model) • Sony eBook Reader (3 models) • iRexeReader (Best Buy) • Plastic Logic eReader • Barnes & Noble eReader (Android-based) • + eBook stores and libraries from Amazon, B&N, Borders, Google and others • + wireless support from AT&T, Verizon, & Sprint “According to a report from tech analysis firm Forrester Research published Tuesday, 1.2 million digital readers will be sold in the U.S. in the fourth quarter, bringing the total sales estimate for 2009 to around 3 million devices, fully a million more than Forrester's previous projection. And in 2010, Forrester expects sales to double again to 6 million.” The Coming E-Book Boom [Financial Times]

  5. eTextbooks • Amazon piloting Kindle DX at 7 colleges: Case Western Reserve University, Pace University, Princeton, Reed College, University of Virginia, and Arizona State • Sony piloting as well: Northwest Missouri State, University Penn State, …

  6. eTextbooks “McGraw-Hill joins the other major textbook publishers, Cengage Learning, Pearson, and Wiley, which are already selling Kindle editions.” Amazon scores another college textbook publisher for Kindle DX [techflash]

  7. eTextbooks - on eReaders Upcoming technologies that will motivate the market…

  8. eTextbooks – on eReaders “SiPix has announced that it will bring ‘a small number’ of color e-ink displays to market by the end of 2010.” SiPix ahead of rivals in race to produce e-paper [taipei times]

  9. eTextbooks – on eReaders "An Apple tablet could be the sweetest college textbook reader you've ever seen…" E-readers could push growth in e-textbook market, analysts say [SanFranChronical]

  10. eTextbooks – online Utilizing proprietary reader software “Harvard University Press will publish 1,000 digitized books on Scribd”The future of scholarship? Harvard goes digital with Scribd [ArsTechnica] “CourseSmart is a consortium of publishers, including [Cengage Learning] Pearson and McGraw-Hill Co. Its content, sold in limited-time subscriptions, can be read on PCs and printed out in small batches, but not read on a Kindle or a Sony Reader.” Book Smarts? E-Texts Receive Mixed Reviews From Students [Wall Street Journal]

  11. eTextbook production Page from book

  12. eTextbook production Cool stuff, but how does this improve education?

  13. eTextbooks – what do students think? “In the Student PIRG study, 75% of college students said they would prefer print to digital texts.” The future of scholarship? Harvard goes digital with Scribd [ArsTechnica] “I’d need five Kindles just to hold a single thought while writing essays,” said Marius Johannessen, who is studying for his master’s in information systems at University of Agder. “Books work just fine.” Students Skeptical Kindle DX Can Replace Paper Chase [Wired]

  14. eTextbooks – what do students think? “Moreover, younger students might find the devices antiquated. Last year, educational research group Project Tomorrow asked students what elements they found most important in digital textbooks. Many said they wanted interactive features like videos and quizzes. No dedicated e-readers have these attributes.” The future of scholarship? Harvard goes digital with Scribd [ArsTechnica]

  15. DISCONNECT

  16. What’s next?

  17. Harnessing Web 2.0 for Education Brain Storming Session

  18. Challenges Brain Storming Session

  19. Completely online solution for teaching Computer Fluency 3 = 3rd Generation Learning Solution 3 = Concepts + Issues + Skills 3 = Publisher + Teachers + Students CT3 is a code name for a product to be released in December. The CT3 beta is currently being piloted at 20 colleges.

  20. Presentation: Wiki-style on steroids

  21. Nonlinear Navigation: Wiki-style + Search

  22. Linear Navigation: Menu, <Prev - Next>

  23. Related Current Events: Scrolling & updated Weekly via RSS

  24. Concise presentation includes learning objectives & rationale Media richPhotosVideosDiagrams References to external authorities

  25. Bookmarking & note-taking

  26. Community Tools: Blog & Discussion

  27. 10 Minute Video Lessons • Personal • Self-paced • Detailed explanations • Goal-oriented • Project-level • Learn Excel in five 10-minute lessons

  28. Much More than MS OfficeCreate your own customized curriculum! WEB2

  29. Embedded in Angel LMS

  30. Print Component? Quick access study cards

  31. Future Work

  32. kbaldauf@fsu.edu www.teachtechnology.biz www.pic.fsu.edu Teaching outside the book! For more information please contact Ryan.DeGrote@cengage.com KEN BALDAUF Program in Interdisciplinary Computing weekly tech news podcasts: http://coursecasts.course.com

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