Electronic Textbooks
E-books are being widely adopted as alternatives to traditional textbooks. Here you'll find articles detailing new developments in the area of e-book and e-textbook technologies, along with stories about institutions adopting them.
California State University's Affordable Learning Solutions initiative has partnered with Lumen Learning to make courseware from the open educational resources provider available to faculty and students across the system.
This fall, McGraw-Hill is launching a pilot incorporating on-demand tutoring into its digital courseware.
All of Pearson's 1,500 higher education textbooks in the U.S. will now be "digital first."
Pearson has created an Amazon Alexa skill for its Revel digital courseware product, allowing students to access text audio, homework reminders, class schedules and more via Alexa-enabled devices.
A new tool from the eCampusOntario Open Library measures student savings from open educational resources usage. Impact, as it's called, recently calculated that students have saved some $4.5 million (Canadian) in "mandatory textbook fees."
Carnegie Mellon is working with open educational resources company Lumen Learning to provide delivery and support for courseware from the university's Open Learning Initiative.
McGraw-Hill is adding an e-book solution to its portfolio of print and digital course material options.
In a recent survey, 90 percent of faculty reported that textbook affordability is a concern for their institution.
The State University of New York has just signed a three-year partnership with open educational resources provider Lumen Learning to support wide-scale adoption of OER across the system.
At Morgan State University in Maryland, a partnership with panOpen is making it easier for faculty to implement open educational resources in their courses.
