Post on 09-May-2015
The Legacy of Print and the Digital Future:
The Future of Content Delivery in the Research and Teaching Environment
Lessons from an ePioneer
• Delivering digital academic content in higher education since 2000
• Almost 10 million register users
• Over 2 million faculty accounts
• Combined over 10 million e-textbooks delivered in 2013
• Average session time: 20 minutes
• Content Accessed in over 220 countries
• Average pages per session: 20
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HISTORY OF INNOVATIONS
First reflowable eTextbook
First integrated online/offline
solution
First faculty online evaluation
services
Integrate with bookstores to support store transactions
First digital sampling
services for publishers
First to return outcome results to grade books
First to be 508 accessibility compliant
First to deliver both reflowable and
print fidelity
First to deliver
eResources
First integrated LMS solution for
eTextbook delivery
First to be LTI2 certified
First integrated eTextbook &
print fulfillment
First etextbook platform
delivered on iOS
First to launch Analytics
Dashboard
2000 20132007
New User Growth
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
• Always on
• Portable
• Shareable
• Best at didactic presentation
• Editorially, I am not sure
What Works Well in Print
• Can be highly interactive
• Can deliver complete learning solutions
• Easy interaction with large volume of content and “titles”
• Editorially, it is a revolutionary shift to create for digital first
What Works Well in Digital
7
2
Courseware
8
2Adaptive learning
Active, valid assessment
LMS integration
AnalyticsInteractivity
Courseware
9
MobilePC
InteractivityScreen reading Integration
2Adaptive learning
Active, valid assessment
LMS integration
AnalyticsInteractivity
Courseware
10
2
3
Adaptive learning
Active, valid assessment
LMS integration
AnalyticsInteractivity
Courseware
3
3
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