2. Kno provides students with reading online materials and sharing ability with their classmates. Students can highlight and draw, journal, watch videos and other social features. Kno is accessible on computers and smartphones, making the material easily accessible for students.
Problem: Static text on a screen Solution: Capability to write, note take, watch videos and social features, accessible on multiple devices. https://www.study.intel.com/ |
4. School Yourself is an interactive digital textbook with less text and more hands on calculus with the use of multimedia and interactive activities. They focus mainly in math.
Problem: Static text on a screen Solution: Multimedia and interactive activities on devices for deeper learning https://schoolyourself.org/ |
5. Encompass Digital Media has educational text and illustrations with video, interative diagrams, and analytic tools to determine how well students are learning. The software tailors content to student’s learning style and comprehension level, so every book is different and customized.
Problem: Homogenized online learning for students. Solution: Personalized and tailored lessons for student's learning style based on tracking of analytic tools on student progress. http://www.encompass.tv |
6. Akademos: helps professors to compile a textbook customised from the educators point of view instead of the student’s. Professors can create their own free textbook with available resources and offer peer reviews on the sight. It promotes open texts and a more practical way to save money for students for their college educations.
Problem: Professors are unable to customize their own online textbooks for the needs of their course. Solution: Professors can create their own free textbook with the resources available and offer peer reviews to each other. http://www.akademos.com |
8. Ginkgotree: Teachers are able to create their own textbooks online with the information online. They can find YouTube, Project Gutenberg and such to customize their own textbooks for their students while tracking student progress online while communicating with the students. Educators get to create the textbook for free at the same time charging students a low rate.
Problem: Textbooks that are not personalized to the course and expensive textbooks. Solution: Educators are able to create their own textbooks online with YouTube, Project Gutenberg while tracking student progress online with the ability to communicate to them. www.gingkotree.com |
10. CourseSmart provides 40,000 eTextbooks and has 90% of core textbooks in North America Higher Education while catalogs eResources online. With their cost-saving ways, they are able to provide on and off line courses. They are accessible on any device and has an iPhone App available and eTextbooks for Android devices.
Problem: Not a large enough selection, limited resources, not available on all devices. Solution: Students have access to 40,000 eTextbooks, 90% of core textbooks in North America. Able to login in from any device. www.coursesmart.com/ |
11. Digitaltexbooks.com offers a free mobile app for iPhone and Android, creating a study anytime, anywhere concept. Students are able to read and download a book while creating notes.
Problems: Accessibility on all devices and being able to create notes while studying. Solution: Mobile app offers iPhone and Android access to textbooks to study while note taking. http://www.digitaltextbooks.com/dts/index.htm |