1. Where are we now? David J. Staley, Ph.D.
The University System of Ohio Textbook Affordability Symposium
April 29, 2008
David J. Staley, Ph.D.
Director, The Harvey Goldberg Program For Excellence in Teaching
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of History
The Ohio State University

2. The history of the textbook

3. a textbook vs. educational technology

4. a textbook is an educational technology

11. Public vs. private educational technologies

13. The “broken market” for textbooks

14. Solutions

15. Used book market
Textbooks as “public educational technologies”
Custom textbooks
Increasing reliance upon “learning objects”
Faculty as producers of learning materials
Peer-produced learning materials
National digital marketplace

16. Implications