Online Learning Update

December 11, 2014

What’s Next for E-Textbooks?

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

By Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology

The digital textbook of tomorrow probably doesn’t look like a book at all. Imagine, instead, an online service that remixes itself on the fly for consumption via any device, with concepts tailored to a specific student’s knowledge gaps and learning style — and examples and problems updated to immerse the learner in timely, compelling content. Nobody is delivering that particular experience yet. In fact, most digital textbooks look just like their printed brethren with extra features tacked on, such as the ability to highlight text, insert sticky notes, look up the meaning of a word and bookmark pages. “Glorified PDFs,” as Boundless CEO Ariel Diaz called them.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2014/12/03/whats-next-for-e-textbooks.aspx

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