NJEDge 2013 Annual Conference Plainsboro, NJ - November 13, 2013 E-MATE, E-books and Mobile Apps for Technician Education

1. E-book Access and Creation
for the Higher Ed Classroom
2013 NJEDge Annual
Conference
November 21, 2013
Plainsboro, NJ
Michael Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator
Kelly Parr, Project Administrator
A project supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE
1205113

2. Instead of asking whether the
Web and the various devices
connected to it are making us
stupid, what if we could
mindfully design and use
digital media to make us
smarter? What if humans
could build electronic
tools that leverage our
ability to think,
communicate, and
cooperate?

3. mage Source: http://parislemon.com/post/45353899298/digg-st-peters-square-in-2005-and-2013-what

4. A third of
American adults
ages 18 and older
own a tablet—
almost twice as
many as the 18%
who owned a
tablet a year ago.

5. >3X CPI
increase

6. 11%
College students have
bought e-textbooks
Source: Student Monitor

7. Photo by Louisa Goulimaki/AFP/Getty

8. Image source: http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/metropolis-giant-city-for-minecraft-pocket-edition/

9. Image source: http://videojuegosantiguos.blogspot.com/2011/04/comienzo.html

10. Video Sources:
Teacher sleeping, bottom right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B
gagXmenRq4
Heather: top right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy
WEYqSazIs
Reading book, top left:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh
E7rLuUa1M
History class; bottom left:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w
bGQ5giZ46w

11. The traditional college textbook model will likely
suffer the same fate as the traditional
encyclopedia when it was challenged by
Wikipedia
http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/the-college-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-open-educational-resources-movement-is-going-up-against-the-textbook-cartel/

12. Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk

13. from evolution. . .
Image Source: http://www.prlog.org/11534825-ipad-development-company-brings-revolution-in-ipad-ebook-publishing-services.html

14. to REVOLUTION

16. rethink, retool, and reinvent
Year 3
Year 2
Year 1

17. Photonics/Optics
Logistics:
Automated Warehouse
Networking
Math Anxiety

18. Phase 1: Interactive

19. Phase 1 Tools

20. iBooks Author

21. Phase
Multi2:
platform
Multi-device

22. Phase 3
Mobile Apps
mage Source: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/apps.png

23. Goal
Create and share tools and guides based on lessons
learned and best practices to support educators
wishing to develop interactive e-books and mobile
apps to foster teaching and learning.

24. Image Source: http://www.allpetnews.com/pet-food-recalls-of-2013/pupeating

25. Demo from iPad

26. Widget Resources
iBooks Author: $0 (recent Mac only)
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/
Tumult Hype: $36 (1-4 license education)
http://tumult.com/hype/purchasing/
Bookry: Free with Bookry branding;
without Bookry branding $24/widget $124/book
http://bookry.com/pricing/
Book Widgets: Subscription for small publisher 50%
education discount $250/year for up to 10 macs, 5
people, no branding
http://www.ibook-widgets.com/#pricing

27. References
How the world has changed: St. Peter’s Square in 2005 and 2013. (2013).
Retrieved http://parislemon.com/post/45353899298/digg-st-peters-square-in2005-and-2013-what
Percent Change Since 1978 for Educational Books, Medical Services, New Home
Prices, and CPI (2012). Retrieved from http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/thecollege-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-open-educational-resources-movementis-going-up-against-the-textbook-cartel/
Pew Internet, Pew Internet and American Life Project. (2013, June 10). Tablet
Ownership 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013, from
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablet-Ownership2013/Findings.aspx
Yu, R. (2012, January 17). Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook
adoption. USA Today. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-16/ebook-textbooksales/52603526/1

28. Michael Qaissaunee, PI
Kelly Parr, Project
mqaissaunee@brookdalecc.ed Administrator
u
kparr@brookdalecc.edu
732-224-2879
732-224-2193
www.e-mate-bcc.org