Apr 4, 2011
10:00am - 11:00am
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre - Seminar Room 2.22A/B
Currently registered: 6/20
Brought to you by: CTLT
Over the past few years, we've seen a growing interest in electronic educational resources and a move toward digital textbooks as a way to help a financially distressed higher education. During this webinar, we'll discuss why textbook costs have skyrocketed; how textbook costs impact students, faculty, and institutions; and current initiatives by the University System of Ohio to address textbook affordability and learning outcomes. We'll also discuss what defines open educational resources and open textbooks and how they can reduce costs by up to 80 percent while increasing quality and accessibility. Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, will moderate this webinar.
Presenters
Darlene McCoy, Associate Vice Chancellor, Division or Affordability and Efficiency, University System of Ohio
Steve Acker, Research Director, Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project
Eric Frank, President and Co-Founder of Flat World Knowledge
Shu Schiller, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Wright State University
