Category: Course Materials

As blended learning content continues to grow it has become increasingly difficult for teachers and administrators to decide what content to use. We appreciate this infographic put together by EducationElements on the 4 steps schools can follow when making the decision on which digital content to implement.

Indiana University CIO and VP for Information and Technology Brad Wheeler shares a few best practices for increasing e-textbook usage and access in a university system.

The ability to understand students’ study habits and closely follow their progress throughout the semester has been built into some digital textbooks. Find out more here.

If you want to increase the affordability and access of e-textbooks for your students, the first step is simple: start a conversation with the publishers.

Susan Oxnevad explores the benefits of Explain Everything, an iPad app that helps teachers weave together multimedia digital tools for the classroom.

This interview with Lynda Weinman, co-founder of popular video learning site lynda.com, explores how her company’s videos could help schools, what lessons she has learned, and where the site is headed.

From tech-enhanced textbooks to online stores of clinical observation, students at Harvard Medical School are benefitting from new tech innovations from their professors.

Here’s a round-up of some of the innovative providers of e-textbook experiences, as well as some of the most notable examples of what it’s possible to accomplish with e-textbooks.

Educause and Internet2 have put together a pilot program to help colleges and publishers both try to work more with e-textbooks – without having to make a huge investment.

What exactly does the textbook do for educators and students in the classroom in an age of information abundance? Do the negatives outweigh the positives?