1. 2014 NJEDge Faculty Showcase
March 28, 2014
Lincroft, NJ
Michael Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator
Kelly Parr, Project Administrator
Building E-Books:
Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Developing E-books for Technician
Education
A project supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE
1205113

3. mage Source: http://parislemon.com/post/45353899298/digg-st-peters-square-in-2005-and-2013-what

4. Photo by Louisa Goulimaki/AFP/Getty

5. Image source: http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/metropolis-giant-city-for-minecraft-pocket-edition/

6. Image source: http://videojuegosantiguos.blogspot.com/2011/04/comienzo.html

7. Between 2002 and 2013,
the price of college textbooks
rose 82%,nearly 3x
the rate of inflation.
-Government Accountability Office
Inflation Textbooks

8. “Not only are students
choosing not to purchase
the materials they are
assigned by their
professor, but they are
knowingly accepting the
risk of a lower grade to
avoid paying for the
textbook.”
U.S. PIRG Report, Fixing the
Broken Textbook Market

9. 11%
College students have
bought e-textbooks
Source: Student Monitor

10. We’re not there yet . . .

11. REDEFINE
Interactive

12. Create and share tools and guides based on lessons
learned and best practices to support educators
wishing to develop interactive e-books and mobile
apps to foster teaching and learning.
Goal

13. Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
rethink, retool, and reinvent

14. Networking
Photonics/Optics Logistics:
Automated Warehouse

16. Phase 1 Tools

17. Demo from iPad

18. Widget Resources
iBooks Author: $0 (recent Mac only)
http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/
Tumult Hype: $36 (1-4 license education)
http://tumult.com/hype/purchasing/
Bookry: Free with Bookry branding;
without Bookry branding $24/widget $124/book
http://bookry.com/pricing/
Book Widgets: Single teacher $49/year
http://www.ibook-widgets.com/#pricing

19. References
How the world has changed: St. Peter’s Square in 2005 and 2013. (2013).
Retrieved http://parislemon.com/post/45353899298/digg-st-peters-square-in-
2005-and-2013-what
Weisbaum, H. Cost of college textbooks out of control, group says. 6:01 a.m. EST
February 2, 2014. Retrieved from:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/02/02/cnbc-
college-textbooks-expensive/5038807/
Pew Internet, Pew Internet and American Life Project. (2013, June 10). Tablet
Ownership 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013, from
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablet-Ownership-
2013/Findings.aspx
Yu, R. (2012, January 17). Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook
adoption. USA Today. Retrieved July 8, 2013, from
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-16/ebook-textbook-
sales/52603526/1

20. Michael Qaissaunee, PI
mqaissaunee@brookdalecc.ed
u
732-224-2879
Kelly Parr, Project
Administrator
kparr@brookdalecc.edu
732-224-2193
www.e-mate-bcc.org