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E-Books, E-Textbooks, and E-Readers

Track: Track Session
Session Type: Teaching and Learning

Theme(s): Teaching and Learning
Wednesday
Nov 4th, 2009
3:50 PM - 4:40 PM
Meeting Room 605
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Panelists from Penn State University and Northwest Missouri State University will discuss the replacement of paper textbooks with e-textbooks. The panel will include representatives from McGraw-Hill Higher Education and VitalSource, a platform for the delivery of digital textbooks. The discussion will cover the pedagogical, instructional, and financial implications of moving to e-textbooks.

The convener for this session is Kelvin Bentley, Northampton Community College

Speakers

Michael S. Hale
Director, Publisher Relations 
VitalSource Technologies, Inc. 
James Kourmadas
Vice President, Strategic Marketing 
McGraw-Hill Higher Education Group 
Jon T. Rickman
Vice President for Information Systems 
Northwest Missouri State University 
Dr. Darla Runyon
Assistant Director, Curriculum Design Specialist, CITE 
Northwest Missouri State University 
Robin Schulze
English Department Head 
The Pennsylvania State University 
Roger Von Holzen
Director, Center for Information Technology in Education 
Northwest Missouri State University 


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