Sentences with phrase «digital academic textbooks»

Add in digital audio books, book apps and digital academic textbooks, and we see a sector broadening not wilting.

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Gary Bryant, from ITSI, a blended learning solution that combines the traditional academic rigour of digital textbooks with the flexibility of technology, discusses why the textbook has a prejudiced repute and explains why an effective teaching resource should support teachers, rather than replace them.

While not mandated, the initiative encouraged schools to make the switch from print to digital materials based on estimated cost - savings and academic improvement — because print textbooks are expensive and digital content can be more personalized.

Discovery Education, is the global leader in standards - based digital content for K - 12, transforming teaching and learning with award - winning digital textbooks, multimedia content, professional development and the largest professional learning community of its kind that empowers educators and increases students» academic achievement.

He describes two «digital textbooks» that he has created to help students develop an understanding of how different texts — poetry, prose, video documentary, images — work and to help inspire discussions among students with weak academic skills.

This is tremendously useful for schools that are pushing out digital textbook apps or academic titles from the iBookstore.

«Digital textbooks are now used by approximately 17,000 UC Davis students per academic term,» said Lorgan.

Now, B&N is combining its retail academic strength with its dedication to digital by announcing the pending development of Yuzu for college textbooks.

As digital textbooks gain popularity around the country, there are still parts of the U.S. and other industrialized nations that do not currently benefit from the obvious advantages of e-reading in academic arenas, which is odd considering that even the textbook publishers are in support of electronic educational content as a cost saving measure.

As the reach of digital textbooks expands into various levels and stages of education, from preschool through medical school, one of the underserved areas of academic ebook publishing has been vocational education.

Good e-Reader first profiled digital textbook and software company Kno when it came to light that the business model for the publisher differed substantially from many academic publishers.

With so many entities in the academic arena offering new insightful features at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, it may be hard to keep up with the innovations, especially as several companies have found new ways to improve upon digital textbooks by harnessing analytics on how students interact with... [Read more...]

One point of interest in the on - going discussions of the future of digital textbooks for all academic levels is that the publishers seem to be entirely on board.

With so many entities in the academic arena offering new insightful features at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, it may be hard to keep up with the innovations, especially as several companies have found new ways to improve upon digital textbooks by harnessing analytics on how students interact with the information found in e-textbooks.

The digital divide has finally begun to worry brick - and - mortar retailers of academic books and textbooks, according to an article in The Bookseller.

But one publishing arena that has had some success with subscription models for digital editions is the academic publishing sphere, specifically for digital textbooks.

While some sectors of the education industry are still waiting for the explosion of digital textbooks that can provide budget - friendly solutions with immediate updates to new information, e-textbook providers are already making improvements to the design concept of an academic ebook.

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