E-Readers

EDUCAUSE Library Items for E-Readers

Kindles in the Classroom: Theories, Practices, and Results in a Lower-Division English Course (Innovative Practice)

January 21, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

Theoretically, the Kindle is a promising teaching and learning device for the mobile generation now attending institutions of higher learning. In piloting subsidized Amazon Kindles, however, Prince…

Professor Faces Obstacles in Testing E-Reader Device for Digital Textbooks

January 7, 2010

A professor at the Catholic University of America has been testing a new e-book reader that hasn't yet hit store shelves but that is designed with textbooks in mind. …

Tune In January 24 -- eTexts: A Perishable Opportunity for Higher Education?

January 18, 2012

What role, if any, should colleges and universities play in the shift from print to digital textbooks? This free hour-long session, “ eTexts: A Perishable Opportunity for Higher Education? ,…

E-Books for Academe: A Study from Gettysburg College

October 20, 2009

This ECAR research bulletin analyzes the potential impact of electronic books (e-books) on higher education. It draws evidence from a series of small qualitative studies and focus groups with fac…

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

August 26, 2009

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 Universi…

A Campus-Wide E-Textbook Initiative

July 30, 2009

By Jon T. Rickman, Roger Von Holzen, Paul G. Klute, and Teri Tobin A typical college student spends up to $1,000 per year on textbooks, and many students don’t buy textbooks at all be…

New U.S. Dept. of Ed. Guidance on Accessibility and Emerging Technologies

May 26, 2011

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) released today a new Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) expanding on its June 2010 joint DCL with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the use of e-readers…

New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Open Textbook Publishing

March 14, 2011

The open educational resources model, including textbooks, has emerged as a response to rising text prices, a need for greater access to high-quality learning materials, the proliferation o…

New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores iPad Apps for Learning

February 11, 2011

Applications designed for the iPad offer interactive content that takes advantage of touch-screen navigation. The iPad combines robust computational functionality with a screen large enough…

E-Books in Higher Education: Nearing the End of the Era of Hype?

March 14, 2008

© 2008 Mark R. Nelson and EDUCAUSE EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 2 (March/April 2008) Originally published by the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR): Mark R. Nelson, “E-Book…