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MANAGING DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
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DIGITAL CONTENT: READY FOR PRIME TIME
Digital courseware technology has long, well-tested history, and continues to evolve.
DIGITAL CONTENT in higher education has grown steadily. At least some course content is now available digitally at nearly every college or university. Coordinated, campus-wide rollouts of a course-material delivery are next for many campuses in the evolution of digital materials. These department-wide and campus-wide programs, known as inclusive access, ensure all students have affordable access to course materials on the first day of class, which is critical to student success.
“Where you can really have an impact is when everybody gets all course content easily on day one,” says Mike Hale, vice president of education in North America for VitalSource. With a campus-wide program, students begin class on day one with all the materials they need to be successful in the course. Students and faculty gain additional benefits from inclusive-access programs, such as the ability to share notes and highlights, and the ability for faculty to assess student engagement with course content to determine how students
RETHINKING HOW TECHNOLOGY IS USED IN EDUCATION
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