Pandoracampus is a multi-publisher digital platform for higher education that provides eTextbooks, active content for studying and teaching, and resources for testing learning progress. It aims to help study through a digital environment that offers more options than printed books. Pandoracampus exists as both a web platform and an app for iOS tablets that can be used offline. It was developed through research and development, focus groups, testing in actual courses, and a pilot launch in 2013-2014 before a full market launch in 2014-2015.
2. •
What
is
Pandoracampus?
It
is
a
mul&-‐publisher
digital
pla2orm
for
higher
educa&on
•
100%
eTextbooks,
as
well
as
ac=ve
content,
addi=onal
features
for
studying
and
teaching,
and
resources
for
tes&ng
your
learning
progress
•
It
aims
at
helping
study
by
means
of
a
digital
environment,
which
gives
more
op&ons
•
It
is
both
a
web
plaEorm
(please
go
to
www.pandoracampus.it),
and
an
app
for
iOs
tablet,
which
can
be
used
off
line
as
well
5. •
Reasons
why
it’s
It
prompts
the
study
of
texbooks
•
Printed
books
are
engineered
-‐
fully-‐
fledged
digital
edi=ons
(no
pdf
and
no
ac&ve
Drm)
•
It
adds
context
around
content:
digital
store
+
elearning
evironment
=
editorial
services
•
It
is
based
on
standards
and
so
open
to
integra&on,
and
complies
with
up-‐to-‐date
technology
new
6. • Fully
Build
on
standards
based
on
standards:
– Docbook
and
html5
for
text;
– Css
&
javascript
for
interac&vity
– Doi,
Onix
and
Marc21
for
metadata;
– Ims
L&
&
Q&
for
resources
and
quizzes
• Interoperability:
It
can
be
integrated
with
elearning-‐pla2orms,
opac
and
online
stores
• Portability:
via
browser,
all
the
sysop
–
app
for
Android
in
2015
7. Innova=ve
on
access:
Flexibility
Ways
of
access:
• 1
month
access
(automa&c
renewal);
• 6
month
access
(renewal
on
demand);
• bundle
with
paper;
• access
for
ins&tu&ons
(to
be
nego&ated);
• 1
month
free
access
(renewable)
Accessed
contents:
• either
books
or
chapters
• course
pack
8. Pandoracampus’s
building
blocks
• The
reader:
concentrate
on
text
• The
ac=ve
content:
interact
and
understand
beZer
• The
resources:
go
in
deep
and
verify
• The
services:
individual
ac&ons,
community,
personaliza&on,
integra&on
13. How
we
have
worked
/
1
• Par&ally
founded
by
a
regional
program
• Parthership
with
university
of
Bologna
• Mostly
developed
by
our
teams
and
operated
by
our
digital
copyeditors
• First,
study
of
ini&a&ves/projects
in
a
worldwide
context
(pondering
on
local
constraints)
>>
R&D
14. • One
How
we
have
worked
/
2
year
spent
on
experimen&ng
(produc&on
as
well)
• Focus
groups
with
authors,
students,
professors,
universi&es,
domain
experts
• Feedback
from
both
authors,
and
publishers
• Tests
in
actual
courses
• Pilot
start
on
2013-‐14
AY,
on
the
market
2014-‐15
AY
15. The landscape
PRINTED
SERVICES
ON
PRINTED
• Personaliza&on
(Pod
etc)
ETEXT
(simple)
• Digi&za&on
as
alterna&ve
(for
channel,
price,
etc)
ETEXT
(advanced)
• Digi&za&on
as
interac&on
• Portability,
interoperability
• Standard
• Disability
SERVICES
and
RESOURCES
with
ETEXT
• Exercize,
assignment,
assesment
• Collabora&on,
labs
• Text
as
commodity
RESORCES
FOR
COURSES
• No
book,
repositories
of
learning
obj
or
courses
• Self-‐produc&on,
OpenContent
MOOCS
• No
book,
video
courses
PLATFORMS
WITH
NO
CONTENT
• For
universi&es
ad
publishers
16. •
The
risks
for
higher
edu
(without
EU
support)
No
EU
players,
no
publishers
among
actors
•
The
winner
takes
all:
as
in
academic
sector
>>
reduc&on
of
cultural
diversity
and
loss
of
cultural
heritage
•
Traspone,
not
translate
and
wihtout
crea&vity
•
More
possibili&es,
no
use
>>
delusion
and
frustra&on
=
delay
in
diffusion
•
Few
techology
>>
poor
products,
not
standard,
expensive
in
industrial
perspec&ve
•
Too
technology
>>
but
poor
content,
and
poor
behaviour
17. Key
points
&
needs
• Semplicity:
an
european
project
is
too
complex
to
afford
• Shorter
&
Smaller:
in
&me
and
financial
needs
• Good
mix:
publishing
&
technology
together
• Not
only
research,
also
industry
• Not
too
far,
not
to
close:
publishing
for
the
next
decade,
not
millennium
18. More
info
• www.pandoracampus.it
• info@pandoracampus.it
• andrea.angiolini@mulino.it