Mike Hale — VitalSource and Bookshelf Overview

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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

VITALSOURCE

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

USAGE:

USAGE:

NEW ORGANIZATION: USAGEAccess by platform: week

Windows Android MacCloud iOS

Thank You!