Session presentation July 2013 HI-TEC Conference, Austin, TX. E-MATE, E-books and Mobile Apps for Technician Education, a project supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1205113.

1. A project supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE 1205113
2013 HI-TEC Conference
July 24, 2013
Austin, TX
Michael Qaissaunee, Principal Investigator
Kelly Parr, Project Administrator

3. The goal of the project is to
develop reusable frameworks and
templates for the development of
e-books, mobile and web-based
applications for technical
education.

4. >3X CPI
increase

6. A third of
American adults
ages 18 and older
own a tablet—
almost twice as
many as the 18%
who owned a
tablet a year ago.

8. About 11%
of college students
have bought e-
textbooks, according to
market research firm
Student Monitor.

9. Why
?

10. from evolution. . .

11. to REVOLUTION

12. How

14. Math
Networking
Logistics
Photonics/Optics

16. Phase 1
interactive

17. Phase 2
Multi-
platform
Multi-device

18. Phase 3
Mobile Apps

19. The traditional college textbook model will likely
suffer the same fate as the traditional
encyclopedia when it was challenged by
Wikipedia

22. Instead of asking whether the
Web and the various devices
connected to it are making us
stupid, what if we could
mindfully design and use
digital media to make us
smarter? What if humans
could build electronic
tools that leverage our
ability to
think, communicate, and
cooperate?

23. iBooks Author

24. Controversy ????

25. Widgets

45. 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: Subscription for small publisher 50%
education discount $250/year for up to 10 macs, 5
people, no branding
http://www.ibook-widgets.com/#pricing

46. 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
Percent Change Since 1978 for Educational Books, Medical Services, New Home
Prices, and CPI (2012). Retrieved from http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/the-
college-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-open-educational-resources-movement-
is-going-up-against-the-textbook-cartel/
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

47. 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