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ELI Web Seminar, April 4, 2011 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour

Textbook Affordability: Emerging Solutions in Ohio

Special Guests

Darlene McCoy
Associate Vice Chancellor
Division of Affordability and Efficiency
University System of Ohio

Steve Acker
Research Director
Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project

Eric Frank
President and Co-Founder
Flat World Knowledge

Shu Schiller
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Wright State University

Summary

Over the past few years, we've seen a growing interest in electronic educational resources and a move toward digital textbooks as a way to help a financially distressed higher education. During this webinar, we'll discuss why textbook costs have skyrocketed; how textbook costs impact students, faculty, and institutions; and current initiatives by the University System of Ohio to address textbook affordability and learning outcomes. We'll also discuss what defines open educational resources and open textbooks and how they can reduce costs by up to 80 percent while increasing quality and accessibility. Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, will moderate this webinar.

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