Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:30:29 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [173.73.24.43] (HELO CNI-Joan-MB-IC2.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 4128879 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:44:16 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: From: Joan Lippincott X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-27--182598704 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: EDUCAUSE Live: E-Readers and E-Textbooks X-Original-Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:43:44 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) --Apple-Mail-27--182598704 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Register for the free EDUCAUSE Live! webcast: "E-Readers and E-Textbooks: Current Reality and Future Possibilities" http://net.educause.edu/live0915 1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Wednesday, August 26. No charge, but registration required. Archived for future (re)viewing. Speakers: Jon T. Rickman Vice President of Information Systems Northwest Missouri State University Roger Von Holzen Director, Center for Information Technology in Education Northwest Missouri State University Summary: This seminar will initially address the current state of e-reader devices and their functionality as platforms for the delivery of e- textbooks, as experienced by Northwest Missouri State University in its 2008 2009 pilot study. The presenters will then explore the full capabilities of e-textbooks for online, blended, and face-to-face classes, along with key practical considerations with respect to costs, infrastructure, and academic issues. For additional background on the project, see this article in EDUCAUSE Quarterly:http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/ACampusWideETextbookInitiative/174581 And for a popular-press report on the Kindle, see this New Yorker article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/03/090803fa_fact_baker?currentPage=all --Apple-Mail-27--182598704 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Register for the free = EDUCAUSE Live! webcast:

"E-Readers and = E-Textbooks: Current Reality and Future = Possibilities"


1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Wednesday, August = 26. No charge, but registration required. Archived for future = (re)viewing.

Speakers:
Jon T. Rickman
Vice = President of Information Systems
Northwest Missouri State = University

Roger Von Holzen
Director, Center for Information = Technology in Education
Northwest Missouri State = University

Summary:

This seminar = will initially address the current state of e-reader devices and their = functionality as platforms for the delivery of e-textbooks, as = experienced by Northwest Missouri State University in its 2008 2009 = pilot study. The presenters will then explore the full capabilities of = e-textbooks for online, blended, and face-to-face classes, along with = key practical considerations with respect to costs, infrastructure, and = academic issues.

For additional = background on the project, see this article in EDUCAUSE = Quarterly:http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineV= olum/ACampusWideETextbookInitiative/174581

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And for a popular-press report on the Kindle, see = this New Yorker article:

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