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College students publish ed-tech textbook on Apple’s iBookstore

August 24, 2012August 16, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

A group of graduate students at the Milledgeville, Ga.-based campus have used Apple’s iBookstore to publish a video-and-image-laden eTextbook filled with information and advice for educators hoping to…

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Viewpoint: Thinking outside the book

July 31, 2012 by By Drew Ross

eTextbooks already have triggered what is shaping up to be a seismic upheaval in the way we think about academic course material. Digital materials offer highly mobile, on-demand…

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Apple iPad considered ‘in’ on 2 in 3 campuses

July 9, 2012July 6, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

College students are buying Apple iPads at a faster rate than they bought laptops when that technology first hit the market, although student perception of the iPad's popularity…

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Google unveils $199 tablet, challenges Kindle Fire

June 29, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Google on June 27 said it will sell a 7-inch, $199 tablet computer bearing its brand in a challenge to Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

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Colleges taking a team approach to eTextbooks

July 2, 2012June 29, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Reining in exorbitant textbook costs is no longer a campus-by-campus venture: A unified approach, powered by EDUCAUSE and the Internet2 consortium's NET+ cloud-based collaborative purchasing program, could make…

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Microsoft takes aim at college textbooks

May 1, 2012April 30, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

Books and bits united April 30 as Microsoft provided an infusion of money to help Barnes & Noble compete with top electronic bookseller Amazon. In exchange, Microsoft gets…

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eReader owners still favor printed books, poll finds

April 24, 2012April 24, 2012 by From wire service reports

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Professor starts eText company to electrify textbook field

April 18, 2012April 17, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

M. Ryan Haley, a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh economics professor, has started a company he hopes will undercut the academic textbook publishing industry and help college students save a…

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College students: Tablets will replace textbooks by 2017

March 15, 2012March 14, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Interest in computer tablets has been consistently high on college campuses since the Apple iPad hit the market in April 2010, but not until this year did tablet…

College students publish ed-tech textbook on Apple’s iBookstore

Viewpoint: Thinking outside the book

Popular video forecasts the end of traditional higher education

Apple iPad considered ‘in’ on 2 in 3 campuses

Google unveils $199 tablet, challenges Kindle Fire

Colleges taking a team approach to eTextbooks

Microsoft takes aim at college textbooks

eReader owners still favor printed books, poll finds

Professor starts eText company to electrify textbook field

College students: Tablets will replace textbooks by 2017

Regis University Partners with Collegis Education to Modernize IT Infrastructure and Strengthen Denver’s Higher Ed Innovation Footprint

Beyond the Degree: The Rise of Skills-Based Hiring and What It Means for Higher Ed

Bridging the Skills Gap: How Universities Can Align Curricula With Workforce Needs

HEA Policy Shifts Update: How Are Educational Stakeholders Responding?

Nation’s Premier Collegiate Honor Society Inducts Talethia Jean Nevaeh Gray-Nance Into Membership

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