[nfais-l] Registration closing for Workshop on Trends in Higher Education

[Bonnie Lawlor]

Registration closes April 25th for the NFAIS Workshop: Trends in Higher
Education: Content, Services, and Business Models (Onsite and Virtual
Registrations Available).

 

Registration will close at noon on Thursday, April 25th for the NFAIS
workshop, Trends In Higher Education: Content, Services, and Business
Models.  The workshop is scheduled to take place on Friday, April 26th, from
9:00am - 5:00pm EDST in Philadelphia, PA. It will provide an overview of the
current educational trends sweeping college and university campuses.  It
will take a look at a case study on the adoption of MOOCs at a major
university, new forms of content such as open textbooks and e-textbook
adoption, and how traditional publishers are packaging their content for
today's new "classrooms."  In addition, the workshop will take a look at the
results of a recent study on the return on library investment in content.
The meeting will close with a look at the future of higher education and how
that future is driving the acquisition and divestiture of content across the
publishing community (see agenda at http://nfais.org/event?eventID=522). 

 

Why attend?  Online learning is being taken to a whole new level by the
combined forces of technology, financial pressures due to rising tuition and
steep student loans, and future space limitations on existing campuses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCS) are transforming education[1].
E-textbooks and new forms of courseware are replacing traditional teaching
resources and are now shaping how content will be packaged and distributed
to colleges and universities in the not-too-distant future.  Indeed, at the
2013 NFAIS Annual Conference, 93% of the attendees of a session on these
trends agreed that their organization's current practices for content
packaging and delivery to academia will be impacted!  Understanding the
potential impact of these trends is essential to all content providers and
librarians.

 

Both onsite and virtual registrations are available for individuals and for
groups of three or more from the same organization.  Group registrations can
be a mix of onsite and virtual attendees, with a small food charge added for
those attending onsite. Members of Sister Societies (CENDI, ISCTI, AAUP,
NISO, ASIS&T, SSP, AAP/PSP, and LYRASIS) are eligible for discounts (see
agenda and registration form at: http://nfais.org/event?eventID=522).

 

For more information contact:  Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication
and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax);
mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org/.

 

 

[1] Waldrop, M. Mitchell, "Campus 2.0: Massive open online courses are
transforming higher education - and providing fodder for scientific
research," Nature, Vol. 495, March 14, 2013

 

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[1] Waldrop, M. Mitchell, "Campus 2.0: Massive open online courses are
transforming higher education - and providing fodder for scientific
research," Nature, Vol. 495, March 14, 2013

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