Friday Brown Bag – Electronic Texts: Faculty, Student and Institutional Issues
This week’s presenter at the “Explorations in Instructional Technology” brown bag seminar series is David Gift, Vice Provost for Libraries, Computing, and Technology. His topic is “Electronic Texts: Faculty, Student, and Institutional Issues.”
TIME: Friday, October 30, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: 105 Natural Science Building.
Both casual observation, visits from publisher’s reps, and the higher education trade press make it pretty clear that there’s a big push on for faculty, students, and even institutions to use more electronic versions of textbooks. The argument is often made by publishers, and echoed in the press, that e-texts are cheaper for the students. This is a claim that turns out in most cases to be untrue. (Want hard evidence? Attend the session!) In addition, there have been complaints that some e-text materials are being offered in non-accessible formats.
This session will seek your guidance on what the MSU faculty and institutional roles should be with respect to this new technology. A draft document (attached) can serve as a basis for discussion.
Everyone is invited to attend.
