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E-books have been around since the early 1990s but have had a slow adoption by the higher education community. While e-books allow for the inclusion of richer media, providing a more interactive experience for the reader, the format, as well as access and copyright issues, are still currently evolving. Explore this resource site—a collection of all EDUCAUSE resources related to E-Books.
Articles, Papers, and Reports
- A Study of Four Textbook Distribution Models, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, December 2011. In preparation for campus-wide e-text adoption, Daytona State College completed a two-year comparative study of four textbook distribution models: print purchase, print rental, e-text rental, and e-text rental with e-reader device.
- Mobile Perspectives: On e-books E-Reading: The Transition in Higher Education EDUCAUSE Review, March/April 2011.
- 2011 Horizon Report, ELI/NMC, February 2011. Each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education. This year electronic books are prominently featured in the report.
- The User-Driven Purchase Giveaway Library, EDUCAUSE Review, September/October 2010.
- Deploying Innovation Locally, EDUCAUSE Review, September/October 2010.
- E-Textbooks: “An Interesting Ride”, EDUCAUSE Review, March/April 2010.
- 7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers, ELI, March 2010.
- Digital Books and Your Rights: A Checklist for Readers, Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 2010
- E-Books in Higher Education: Are We There Yet?, ECAR Research Bulletin, January 2010
- 7 Things You Should Know About E-Books, ELI, November 2006
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- eTexts: A Perishable Opportunity for Higher Education?, EDUCAUSE Live!, January 2012. This EDUCAUSE Live! This program addresses the strategic, business, and policy implications for institutions in light of a changing world of consumer electronics and new models for digital educational resources such as eTexts, website tutorials, and other licensed content
- Digital Content in Higher Education – Practical Findings, ELI Web Seminar, March 2011 (ELI membership required) This webinar provides an overview of the digital textbook landscape as it currently exists and a glimpse into the emerging trends that will shape higher education digital content in the near future.
- Dealing with the Changing World of E-Textbooks, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, October 2010. This video from E10 examines the current trends in textbook technology with respect to delivery platform options (iPad, Kindle, etc.), software format (electronic publication versus PDF), and pedagogical implications.
- Kindles in the Classroom: Theories, Practices, and Results in a Lower-Division English Course, ELI Annual Conference, January 2010. At California Lutheran University, the goal of the Kindle pilot project was to explore and identify the practices that would best optimize the Kindle's teaching/learning potential—a potential CLU recognized as promoting deeper student engagement in critical reading and writing.
- E-Readers and E-Textbooks: Current Reality and Future Possibilities, EDUCAUSE Live!, August 2009. This seminar addresses 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.
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EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Books
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What We're Learning from eTexts
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December 10, 2012
Presentation given at the CNI fall 2012 membership meeting. Faculty, students, authors, and publishers all have a stake in the evolution of textbooks. As texts and business models are transfor…
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HEOA Peer-to-Peer Forum Presentations
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May 18, 2012
These are MPAA and UNC presentations from the HEOA Peer-to-Peer Forum jointly sponsored by EDUCAUSE and NBCUniversal on April 7, 2012. Attendees included Troy Dow, Disney Trac…
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Welcome and Introductions
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July 18, 2012
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A session at the Campus IT Policy Workshop 2012
Discussion of policy program models in use at institutions, including comparison of comprehensive vs. "lite" policy programs, governance/roles, and various approaches to policy developm…
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Partly Cloudy? What a CBO Should Know about Cloud Computing
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June 29, 2009
Cloud computing presents an opportunity for outsourcing what have long been core internal IT functions and systems on campus. In the coming months and years, many institutions will be exploring …
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Insights on the Legal Landscape for Data Privacy in Higher Education
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February 29, 2008
This opening address was presented at the University System of Maryland's Workshop on Data Privacy for Maryland Higher Education. This open…
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Data Classification and Privacy: A Foundation for Compliance
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February 29, 2008
These slides were presented at the University System of Maryland's Workshop on Data Privacy for Maryland Higher Education. These slides were…
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2007 EDUCAUSE Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Summit Proceedings
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August 22, 2007
This is an overview of the entire summit. This page includes the final report, presentations and Recommended Readings. This is an overview of th…
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Connecting the Academic Experience to the Operational Security Needs of Higher Education
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January 1, 2007
One of the criteria for becoming a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education is for "the academic program to demonstrate how the university encourages the pract…
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Special Webcast on CALEA
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January 1, 2006
On Tuesday, Aug. 1 2006, EDUCAUSE presented a free 90-minute Webcast on CALEA, covering our current understanding of how compliance requirements will be applied to higher education. To access th…
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CALEA Panel Discussion
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January 1, 2004
Webcast of CALEA Panel Discussion at the Internet2 Fall 2004 membership meeting. CALEA is the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, initially passed in 1994. Under CALEA, providers of…
