Session presentation July 2013 HI-TEC Conference, Austin, TX. E-MATE, E-books and Mobile Apps for Technician Education, a project supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1205113.
1. A project supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 1205113
2013 HI-TEC Conference
July 24, 2013
Austin, TX
Michael Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator
Kelly Parr, Project Administrator
2.
3. The goal of the project is to
develop reusable frameworks and
templates for the development of
e-books, mobile and web-based
applications for technical
education.
19. The traditional college textbook model will likely
suffer the same fate as the traditional
encyclopedia when it was challenged by
Wikipedia
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21.
22. Instead of asking whether the
Web and the various devices
connected to it are making us
stupid, what if we could
mindfully design and use
digital media to make us
smarter? What if humans
could build electronic
tools that leverage our
ability to
think, communicate, and
cooperate?
45. Widget Resources
iBooks Author: $0 (recent Mac only)
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/
Tumult Hype: $36 (1-4 license education)
http://tumult.com/hype/purchasing/
Bookry: Free with Bookry branding;
without Bookry branding $24/widget $124/book
http://bookry.com/pricing/
Book Widgets: Subscription for small publisher 50%
education discount $250/year for up to 10 macs, 5
people, no branding
http://www.ibook-widgets.com/#pricing
46. References
How the world has changed: St. Peter’s Square in 2005 and 2013. (2013).
Retrieved http://parislemon.com/post/45353899298/digg-st-peters-square-in-
2005-and-2013-what
Percent Change Since 1978 for Educational Books, Medical Services, New Home
Prices, and CPI (2012). Retrieved from http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/the-
college-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-open-educational-resources-movement-
is-going-up-against-the-textbook-cartel/
Pew Internet, Pew Internet and American Life Project. (2013, June 10). Tablet
Ownership 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013, from
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablet-Ownership-
2013/Findings.aspx
Yu, R. (2012, January 17). Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook
adoption. USA Today. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-16/ebook-textbook-
sales/52603526/1
Pew Internet, Pew Internet and American Life Project. (2013, June 10). Tablet Ownership 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013, from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablet-Ownership-2013/Findings.aspx
Image Source: http://www.prlog.org/11534825-ipad-development-company-brings-revolution-in-ipad-ebook-publishing-services.htmlScroll and stare From Evolution (simply creating a PDF from printed text book)
Image Source: http://techngadgets.co.uk/apple-launches-new-ibooks-2.htmlInteract and learnInteraction for Value—like early days of PowerPoint—early ebooks include simple pointless animations