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"Don't Touch My Textbook" (Inside Higher Ed): "A Texas community college district's move toward standardized and electronic textbooks has raised the hackles of faculty members, who say the process threatens academic freedom and instructor autonomy because individual sections will be limited in their ability to have individual book requirements." Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/04/06/texas-community-college-faculty-object- common-textbook-plan#ixzz1re5dksIe Evolving Models for E-Texts (ELI 2012 Annual Meeting): "In this session, we'll briefly describe Indiana University's e-text agreements with five publishers and with Courseload, the provider of the e-text e-reader software. These agreements are resulting in substantial cost savings for students and providing them with new tools for teaching and learning. The IU agreements evolved from two years of pilot testing and in response to substantial input from students, faculty, textbook publishers, and authors. We will also discuss how these agreements can be extended to other institutions through short- and long-term pilot programs, which will allow them to gather valuable data about student and faculty use of e-texts. Link to presentation: http://www.educause.edu/sites/default/files/library/presentations/ELI12/SESS37/ELI%2BeText% 2Bpresentation%2B%2528face-to-face%2529%2B2012.pptx
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