e books as learning resources for higher education
DESCRIPTION
Presentation at the LET "Lunch & Learn", October 29, 2013TRANSCRIPT
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Learning with eBooks
eBooks as Learning Resources in Higher Education
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Overview
revenue ebooks > revenue books
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Overview
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eBooks as Learning Resources
eBooks are...
...available
...portable
...searchable
...interactive
...updatable
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eBooks as Learning Resources
eBooks are...
...an excellent alternative to traditional hardcopy learning resources
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eBooks as Learning Resources
eBooks should be...
...easy to produce
...easy to maintain & update
...easy to distribute
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ePub
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ePub
International Digital Publishing Forum
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ePub
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ePub
PDF ePub
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ePub
Easy to produce
Widely supported
Same layout everywhere:Perfect for Print
Digital DistributionAnalog Consumption
ePub
Production requires basic knowledge of HTML & CSS
Widely supported
Text resizing & text reflow:Easy to read on every
screen size
Digital DistributionDigital Consumption
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Production
iBooks Author Sigil BlueGriffonePub Edition Calibre MediaWiki
Book Creator
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Production
iBooks Author
• fixed layout eBooks with lots of multimedia & interaction
• proprietary ePub3-like format, that works only with iBooks on iPad or a Mac
• WYSIWYG editing
• Mac OS X only
• freeiBooks Author@Apple App Store
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Production
Sigil
• ePub2 & parts of ePub3 supported
• WYSIWYG & code editing
• for Windows, Mac OS X & Linux
• open source
sigil@Google Code
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Production
BlueGriffon ePub Edition
• ePub2 & 3 supported
• WYSIWYG & code editing
• integrated MathML editor
• for Windows, Mac OS X & Linux
• 200 Euros
bluegriffon-epubedition.com
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Production
Calibre
• conversion of a plethora of eBook formats into each other (including PDF)
• eBook library management
calibre-ebook.com
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Production
MediaWiki Book Creator
• Creates ePub (or PDF or OpenDocument file) out of a collection of Wikipedia articles
wikipedia.org
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Production
Best Practices (Sigil)
• Create Template for Layout (CSS) - KISS!
• Get Text in .txt or .rtf Format - PDF is the Devil!
• Clean-up your HTML before adding the Template Styles
• Smart Use of Search&Replace saves Time
• Create Fall Back Versions
• Test your eBook on different Readers
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Conclusions & Discussion
• Device Independency
• ePub not PDF!
• Several Editors and Authoring Approaches exist
• Basic eBooks are easy to create - with all Tools
• Complex eBooks are always difficult to create