Textbooks in Transition High cost of print textbooks Accessibility of eTexts Rise of open textbooks, born digital Adoption of eTexts in K-12 Mobile device ownership New pedagogies, enabled by eTexts

UW eTextbook Pilots Spring 2012 Courseload 800 students Fall 2012 Courseload 800 students Spring 2013 CourseSmart 100 students Courseload CourseSmart

Guiding Principles ESSENTIAL Accessibility—all components (text, navigation, notes/bookmarks/questions) are equivalent or as near-equivalent as possible for students using assistive technologies Choice for faculty--currency, quality, faculty generated content IMPORTANT Savings for students Textbook format choice/flexibility/options Long-term and secure access LONG TERM Provides learning enhancements Support/leverage open eTextbook adoption/creation

CourseSmart Courseload Platform/reader for publisher or instructor-created content Accessibility—NEEDS WORK Faculty choice—PROMISING Savings—PROMISING Formats—NEEDS WORK Long term access—PROMSING Learning—PROMISING Open—PROMISING eTextbook vendor for publisher texts and platform/reader Accessibility—PROMISING Faculty choice—LIMITED Savings—NEEDS WORK Formats—NEEDS WORK Long term access—NEEDS WORK Learning—NEEDS WORK Open—POOR Using principles to rate models

Accessibility Courseload: Requires “alongside” solution CourseSmart: Accessible formats in a few weeks Highly accessible The challenge is availability of accessible formats from textbook publishers.

Student experience

Student experience, cont.

Savings for students

Instructor experience “It was really helpful to be able to annotate the text.” “Appending current articles to the text was really helpful. Ideally, I would like to move to a system where class time was devoted to those added articles, and not the text itself…. This system really helped to "sync' the content, and make it current.” “... reducing the time spent on reviewing content in the book and focusing on application of concepts in the lectures.” “I appreciated the ability to track the student's participation. It was helpful for some in diagnosing some problems with student study habits.” “There will always be students who work better with printed texts. Having that option available is really important.”

Indiana/Courseload Model 100% sell through Instructors opt in, TimeTable flags eText sections, students opt in at registration Contracts with Courseload and 8-9 major publishers and currently negotiating with long-tail publishers Average 35% of list cost for a textbook Students have access throughout tenure as student Print on demand copy at low cost Student fees paid through bursar

Our plan for fall and beyond 1. Engage with governance, faculty, and students about eText models 2. Facilitate accessible open/instructor-created eTexts using 3. As service validator, pursue contract negotiations with publishers and Courseload, aiming for Spring 2014 implementation 4. Provide resources and awareness for faculty to create and deliver accessible textbooks 5. Provide resources for McBurney Center 6. Conduct research on learning with eTexts

1.Engage with governance, faculty, students Provost and Provost Executive Group Council of Associate Deans Information Technology Committee University Committee Leadership Council ASM University Affairs Subcommittee focusing on textbook affordability

2. Facilitate open, instructor-created eTexts Test reader in a few courses Promote adoption of open texts from Minnesota’s Open Catalog, Michigan Press Provide incentives to instructors Organize a fall symposium on open eTexts and eContent

3. Pursue contracts with publishers Conduct RFP, extending Indiana’s terms to provide: Lower pricing Longer terms of access Timetable requiring publishers to provide accessible formats Separate publisher and platform contracts Better print on demand options Strengthen our position with publishers by pursuing open content in parallel

4. And 5. Provide accessibility resources For McBurney Student Disability Resource Center to accommodate, train students For instructors to create accessible content

6. Conduct research on learning with eTexts Analytics on student reading and performance Annotations, tagging Student note-taking workflows How to read research articles Increasingly interactive eTexts