Think outside the textbook:

Powerful ideas in mind-size bites

Nick Brown

Books in Browsers, Nov. 2016

"The first use of new technology is quite naturally to do in a slightly different way what had been done before without it...

Most of what has been done up to now under the name of "educational technology" or "computers in education" is still at the stage of the linear mix of old instructional methods with new technologies."

Seymour Papert, Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas

Think outside the textbook:

1 - digital-first content that stretches the bounds of the traditional textbook

2 - how to chunk up, reuse, remix and redistribute content in flexible ways

LearnKit SDK

Moving beyond Bookshelf

By building with LearnKit, developers can count on VitalSource to handle:

  • flexible content licensing terms
  • online and offline reading capability
  • note / highlight / bookmark storage and cross-device syncing
  • lightning fast global content delivery
  • usage data collection and analytics feeds
  • support for multiple content formats (EPUB 2, EPUB 3, PDF)

LearnKit powering Bookshelf

LearnKit powering Scholastic Storia

Think outside the textbook:

Powerful ideas in mind-size bites

Thanks!

  • nick.brown@ingramcontent.com
  • @uptownnickbrown
  • https://github.com/uptownnickbrown/mind-size-bites
  • https://mind-sized-bites.firebaseapp.com/preso-player/
  • https://mind-sized-bites.firebaseapp.com/in-c/