Our Digital Texts Learning Community is now discussing a name change. We have become increasingly aware that th "textbook" descriptor of what we are reviewing (digital materials for K-12) excludes much of the digital content that we find progressive and appealing. However, our current classrooms ( both K-12 and university) seem to still have a desire for the textbook model for arranging materials for study.
Added to this dilemma is the opportunity to author one's own collections....these might take the form of a digital book ( ePub, PDF, etc.), but these might also be a website or LMS module of resources. Of course, creating your own unique set of digital materials takes time and constant updating, so I think there will be a market for professionally published collections (textbooks?) for quite some time...who I'll capture the power of all that our hyperlinked world can provide, creating digital collections that are vibrant, interactive, meaningful, and personalizable....that remains to be seen.
Check out our explorations at
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/xep/dtlc.html
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