Comparing Pathways: Support and Sustainability of Models (Part 1 of 2)

A panel discussion held at the Developing a Digital Textbook Strategy for Your Campus.Panel participants included: Stephen R. Acker, Research Director, Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project; Tom Caswell, Open Education Policy Associate, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Rhonda Epper, Assistant Provost for the Colorado Community College System; Diane Harley, Senior Researcher, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley; and Brad Wheeler, Vice President for Information Technology & CIO, Indiana University.

The panel goal was to discuss the issues surrounding digital and open textbook initiatives, and techniques that are able to facilitate the adoption of digital and open textbooks in practice.

This panel discussion was given at a symposium hosted by the Florida Distance Learning Consortium and was funded under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. FIPSE Grant # P116Y090040

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Open Educational Resources
• OER
• Digital
• Digital Textbooks
• eText
• eTextbook
• Open Textbooks