e-textbooks: better? cheaper? obsolete(r)?
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Do students prefer electronic textbooks over print ones? Are e-textbooks cheaper than their print counterparts? Can e-textbooks enhance learning in ways print cannot? The answers, respectively: some do, sometimes, and maybe someday. Confused? We all are! e-Textbooks are at an awkward stage in their development as they strive with varying degrees of success to provide the functionality, interactivity, and customizability that can drive widespread adoption. The e-textbook landscape is increasingly marked by fragmentation with little consistency in the licensing, pricing, and business models of the e-textbooks currently offered by publishers and platforms. In this session, we’ll attempt to make *some* sense of it all.TRANSCRIPT
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e-Textbooks: Better? Cheaper? Obsolete(r)?
Charles LyonsUniversity at Buffalo
Charleston ConferenceNovember 9, 2013
WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING WITH E-TEXTBOOKS @UB
e-Textbooks: Better? Cheaper? Obsolete(r)?
Pilots @UB: Buying in Bulk
Photo: Chegg.com
Course basedMulti-campusStudent based
IP authenticated, campus wide
Talk to your bookstore and
LMS Admin.
Don’t forget accessibility and FERPA.
Source: Archive.org
Bulk Buying… Bulky Challenges
Photo: Better World Books
Transferring costs to studentsMandatory nature
“Best” price
WHAT WE’RE LEARNING…GENERALLY
e-Textbooks: Better? Cheaper? Obsolete(r)?
Source: Retronaut.com
This is a bit clunky…
Better?Not yet.
Cheaper?Sometimes.
Source: Chronicle of Higher Ed and Mashable
All things being equal, students still prefer print
Obsolete(r)?
WHAT WE’RE LEARNING… MORE SPECIFICALLY
e-Textbooks: Better? Cheaper? Obsolete(r)?
Electronic Preference
Print Preference
Source: CourseSmart
Likes:1 Search
2 Portability3 Enviro Friendly
Dislikes:1 Navigation
2 Distractions3 Screen Reading
Social features
Source: Courseload
Read Offline
Analytics
LOOKING AHEADe-Textbooks: Better? Cheaper? Obsolete(r)?
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e-Textbooks: Growth Coming
Photo: Erin Watson Photography
EPUB3 adoptionShift content to functionality
Device ubiquityExperimental business models
Buying Books That Aren’t Used
Hey, Library…
nice textbooks!
Source: Amazon
Roles Available for Libraries
Source: Library of Congress
Charles LyonsUniversity at Buffalo
Charleston ConferenceNovember 9, 2013
Thanks! Questions?