[Asis-l] Trends in Higher Education: Content, Services, and Business Models

[jilloneill at nfais.org]

 NFAIS Workshop: Trends in Higher Education: Content, Services, and Business Models (Onsite and Virtual Registrations Available).
 
Online learning has been part of the higher education landscape for more than a decade. But today, distance learning is being taken to a whole new level by the combined forces of technology, financial pressures due to rising tuition and steep student loans, and future space limitations on existing campuses due to the unprecedented number of potential students who will be seeking college/advanced degrees or who will need further professional and career development are taking distance learning. Massive open online courses (MOOCS) are transforming education1. E-textbooks and new forms of courseware are replacing traditional teaching resources and are now shaping how content will be packaged and distributed to colleges and universities in the not-too-distant future. Indeed, at the 2013 NFAIS Annual Conference, 93% of the attendees of a session on these trends agreed that their organization’s current practices for content packaging and delivery to academia will be impacted!
 
On April 26, 2013 NFAIS will hold a workshop, Trends In Higher Education: Content, Services, and Business Models, from 9:00am – 5:00pm EDST in Philadelphia, PA. This workshop will provide an overview of the current educational trends sweeping college and university campuses. It will take a look at a case study on the adoption of MOOCs at a major university, new forms of content such as open textbooks and e-textbook adoption, and how traditional publishers are packaging their content for today’s new “classrooms.” In addition, the workshop will take a look at the results of a recent study on the return on library investment in content. The meeting will close with a look at the future of higher education and how that future is driving the acquisition and divestiture of content across the publishing community.
 
If you or your staff want an update on the current trends that will ultimately change how you create, package, and deliver content to your academic markets, register for the workshop today.
 
Both onsite and virtual registrations are available for individuals and for groups of three or more from the same organization. Group registrations can be a mix of onsite and virtual attendees, with a small food charge added for those attending onsite. Members of Sister Societies (CENDI, ISCTI, AAUP, NISO, ASIS&T, SSP, AAP/PSP, and LYRASIS) are eligible for discounts (see registration form links at:http://nfais.org/event?eventID=522
 
For more information contact:  Jill O’Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/.
 
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1 Waldrop, M. Mitchell, “Campus 2.0: Massive open online courses are transforming higher education – and providing fodder for scientific research,” Nature, Vol. 495, March 14, 2013