[Asis-l] White Paper > Digital Migrations: A Guide to Successful School-wide eTextbook Adoptions

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

*** Apologies for Receipt of Duplicate Postings***

Colleagues/

There is now a companion White Paper for the webinar held earlier this week _Digital Course Materials: Successful School-Wide Adoptions_

IMHO > A Must Read for anyone/everyone considering a digital textbook initiative !

The 14-page White Paper is linked on the webinar post in the _DT > Digital Textbooks_ blog at 

[ http://bit.ly/waXN2p  ]

Webinar Info >

As colleges and universities face a variety of issues—from controlling costs to improving retention—"going digital" becomes a priority to address some of these challenges. Despite years of talk, however, there aren’t many institutions that have successfully achieved their programmatic and financial goals for adopting digital course materials.

Institutions that have been successful share common elements: they’ve developed comprehensive plans that include change management tools; and they’ve actively worked to maximize the digital availability of their booklists in their single, preferred eTextbook platform.

[Learn] how ED MAP partnered with Herzing University and Madison Media Institute as they migrated to eTextbooks to help them:

Determine the best approach for a digital migration and establish a change management plan 
Work with publishers on textbook conversions and assist with textbook adoptions, if needed 
Assess student and faculty readiness 
Provide training to administrators, faculty and students 
Plus, much more 

PANELISTS:

Sarah Riddlebarger, Vice President of Client Services, ED MAP, Inc. 
Todd Rickel, Vice President of eLearning and President, Herzing University Online 
Bret Ammons, Dean of the College, Madison Media Institute 
Eric Kuennen, Business Development Manager, Pearson Learning Solutions 

Moderated by: Linda Briggs, contributing editor, Campus Technology

Regards,

/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University 
152 Parks Library 
Ames IA 50011

http://digital-textbooks.blogspot.com/