On May 18, 2017, I presented “Don’t Judge an eBook By its Print Edition” at West Chester University’s RECAP conference. As part of this presentation, I outlined my new initiative that would teach faculty how to create their own eTextbooks to use in place of expensive, third-party textbooks in their own courses. The first cohort was formed in the Fall of 2017, with five faculty completing and rolling out their eTextbooks during the 2018-2019 academic year. The initiative has been renewed for the 2018-2019 academic year, with seven additional faculty building eTextbooks that will be deployed in 2019-2020. I was pleased to discuss the early success of this initiative along with Constance Case, Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance and a member of the first faculty cohort, with President Chris Fiorentino at the university’s Welcome Back event on September 20, 2018.

If you would like to go directly to the eTextbook portion of the event, skip to 22:18 in the video.