e-Texts for HCC: Home

multiple important blogs on ebooks

blog on digital textbooks by Gerard McKiernan

This group "discusses the rapidly evolving domain of digital textbooks, multimedia supplements, tutorial websites, e-reader/annotation software, and related materials—that we may collectively refer to as "eTexts" for short." Includes information, links, and listserv.

One of Alexa Azzopardi's (WCC) helpful LibGuides on e-textbooks.

One of Alexa Azzopardi's (WCC) helpful LibGuides on e-textbooks.

Susan Morville's (WCC) helpful LibGuide on MOOCs (Massive open online courses).

Written by Cable Green, director of global learning at Creative Commons. Covers the international scene.

Open source methodologies have a lot to offer in the world of education. This is a forum for discussing how. Devotes a section to news and insight from the field of open education professionals. Publication of Red Hat, a for-profit open source technology developer.

EDTech Times graphic re-posted on the DT blog.

Chapter 5 in this 2011 volume "traces the evolution of the e-textbook and identifies several emerging best practices in the technical and business aspects of this new class of products."

"The article discusses the textbook industry and efforts by several universities and colleges in the U.S. to reduce costs for students by using electronic textbooks. It describes U.S. federal regulations regarding the textbook industry, discusses online textbook rental and sales, and provides statistics for student textbook costs. Other topics include library textbook reserve programs, online open content, and a partnership between publisher Flat World Knowledge and Virginia State University.."

Study by the Pew Research Institution on e-reading by adults in the U.S. "One-fifth of American adults (21%) report that they have read an e-book in the past year, and this number increased following a gift-giving season that saw a spike in the ownership of both tablet computers and e-book reading devices such as the original Kindles and Nooks.1 In mid-December 2011, 17% of American adults had reported they read an e-book in the previous year; by February, 2012, the share increased to 21%."

"A prototype of the t-book "Make to Learn: Exploring Wind Power" is described and the application of such interactive books in educational settings is explored. The author also discusses the origins of illustrated textbooks by commenting on "Orbis Sensualium Pictus" by Johann Comenius and explores the evolution of digital textbooks.."