e books as learning resources for higher education
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Presentation at the LET "Lunch & Learn", October 29, 2013TRANSCRIPT
Learning with eBooks
eBooks as Learning Resources in Higher Education
Overview
revenue ebooks > revenue books
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eBooks as Learning Resources
eBooks are...
...available
...portable
...searchable
...interactive
...updatable
eBooks as Learning Resources
eBooks are...
...an excellent alternative to traditional hardcopy learning resources
eBooks as Learning Resources
eBooks should be...
...easy to produce
...easy to maintain & update
...easy to distribute
ePub
ePub
International Digital Publishing Forum
ePub
ePub
PDF ePub
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
Production
iBooks Author Sigil BlueGriffonePub Edition Calibre MediaWiki
Book Creator
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
Production
Sigil
• ePub2 & parts of ePub3 supported
• WYSIWYG & code editing
• for Windows, Mac OS X & Linux
• open source
sigil@Google Code
Production
BlueGriffon ePub Edition
• ePub2 & 3 supported
• WYSIWYG & code editing
• integrated MathML editor
• for Windows, Mac OS X & Linux
• 200 Euros
bluegriffon-epubedition.com
Production
Calibre
• conversion of a plethora of eBook formats into each other (including PDF)
• eBook library management
calibre-ebook.com
Production
MediaWiki Book Creator
• Creates ePub (or PDF or OpenDocument file) out of a collection of Wikipedia articles
wikipedia.org
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
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
