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Charting Our Way Through Oceans of Digital Content

Explore the shift towards digital content in online education, from open content to eBooks, examining benefits, challenges, and student feedback. Learn about current challenges, solutions, and future directions in this evolving landscape.

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Charting Our Way Through Oceans of Digital Content

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  1. Charting Our Way Through Oceans of Digital Content eLCC 2012 Karen Kaemmerling Donna Hall

  2. Presenters • Karen KaemmerlingAssociate Dean, Behavioral and Social SciencesKaren.Kaemmerling@cccs.edu • Donna HallInstructional Design Team CoordinatorDonna.Hall@cccs.edu

  3. Options

  4. Digital Content Models • Open Content • eBook

  5. CCCOnline Courses - Fall 2011 • 243 courses/1,038 sections • 95 (39 %) – digital content and/or eBook • 10 – Open content • 2 – NROC • 75 – Pearson • 8 – Wiley • Summer 2013 – 126 courses digital content and/or eBook

  6. Challenges • Acceptance of an eBook or no book • Communication with all parties involved • ADA compliant materials • Reliable 3rd party vendors • Technical support • Browser compatibility • Training

  7. Solutions • Be positive • Weekly and/or monthly meetings • Stand ground on ADA compliance • Train faculty • Have troubleshooting plan

  8. Advantages • Eliminates “I don’t have the book” • Saves students money • Available anywhere/anytime • Additional materials available (videos, podcasts, etc)

  9. Disadvantages • Must have internet connection • Lose touch/feel of book • Publishers may not deliver what is expected • Students don’t have access to ebook when course finishes

  10. Student Feedback Surveys • Data back to 2008 • Average Age of CCCOnline Student=28 • Please choose *only one* of the following: • strongly agree (5) • agree (4) • neutral (3) • disagree strongly (2) • disagree (1)

  11. Total Enrollment

  12. Participation in Surveys

  13. Ease of Access

  14. Did Most Reading Online

  15. Did Most Reading Online

  16. Satisfied with the Digital Materials

  17. Purchase of Hardcopy

  18. Purchased a Hardcopy of Text

  19. Retention Data

  20. Comparison of ART 111/112

  21. Where are we now • Discuss current environment for this model. What are the current challenges and solutions? http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2236/ebook-reading-print-books-tablets-ereaders

  22. Where are we headed?

  23. Contact Information • Karen.Kaemmerling@cccs.edu • Donna.Hall@cccs.edu

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