Integrating Electronic Information into the Teaching and Learning Process:

An E-Library for Individuals

CONCERT 2001, Taipei3-4 October 2001

Richard HollingsworthProQuest Information and Learning

Adding Value to Full Text Databases

• Quality of Indexing

• Quality of Full Text

• Ease of Use

• Linking Options

• Customization Options

Electronic Information and Learning

• Integrating different types of content

• Integrating this content into the teaching and learning process

• Providing electronic access solutions for students and faculty

• Online Learning

• Distance Education

US Higher Education Markets 2001 - 2005

• College enrolment will increase from 14 to 15 million, between the years 2001 and 2005

• The projected increase in the number of high school graduates for select states through 2009:– California +22%

– Texas +11%

– Florida +20%

– Nevada +65%

Source: US Department of Education data quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education

US Higher Education Markets 2001 - 2005

• Usage of web sites in higher ed classes is growing at approximately 4% a year, with a penetration rate of approximately 50 percent by 2005

• Usage of other Internet resources will grow by approximately 8% a year, with a penetration rate of approximately 80% by the year 2005

• Email currently enjoys a 60% penetration rate and is growing by approximately 10 percent a year historically. By 2005, it’s likely that it will enjoy an 85-90 percent penetration rate in higher ed classes

Source: Campus Computing Survey

Electronic Information and Learning

• ProQuest – An e-library for institutions

• XanEdu – An e-library for students

XanEdu

• Objectives– To enhance the educational process for students

and teachers in higher education by providing content in context and the tools to organise it

– To be a content provider for custom or on-demand curriculum products

– To be an integral part of the online environment for students and teachers in the global higher education sector

What makes XanEdu unique?

• The editorial layer adds value to content

• Leading teachers and subject experts

• Customizable

• Topic trees• Focus on learning not research

What is XanEdu?

• CoursePacks

• CasePacks

• XanEdu ReSearch Engine

• LitPacks

• HistoryPacks

XanEdu

• CoursePacks– Online equivalent of printed CoursePack– Journal articles, book chapters, video content,

company information, links to web sites– Teachers can add own teaching notes– 400 edited pre-built CoursePacks– Fully customisable to mirror the structure of an

online course, printed textbook

XanEdu

• CasePacks– Real life case studies for undergraduate and

graduate studies– Leading business schools involved (INSEAD)– 3000 CasePacks available or in development

XanEdu

• XanEdu Research Engine– XRE, MBA XRE, Education XRE, Nursing

XRE– Online library for the student– Journal articles organised under topic trees– Access matches taxonomy of course

XanEdu

• LitPacks, HistoryPacks– Online anthologies in literature and history– Shakespeare, Romantics– US History, eg Pearl Harbour– Complement or replace printed anthologies

XanEdu

• Channels– Publishers– Learning Management Systems– Higher Education Institutions– eRetailers and Bookshops– Computer Hardware Manufacturers– Student Portals

XanEdu - Partnerships

• Agreements with publishers such as Pearson Education, Wiley, McGraw-Hill, Cahners, American Management Association

• Delivery of CoursePacks and XREs with textbooks, online courses, companion websites

• Adds value to publishers’ pedagogical products, differentiates them from competitors’ products, give students extra reasons to buy new instead of second-hand, delivers complementary content online at low cost to publishers

XanEdu

• Learning Management Systems– Services included in major learning management

systems

– Blackboard

– Prometheus

– WebCT

– eCollege

– Cardean

– embanet

XanEdu• Higher Education Institutions

– We work with LMS coordinators, instructional designers, administrators, teaching staff, librarians, distance learning coordinators, campus bookshops

– Key value propositions for universities: digital copyright clearance for faculty wanting to use online content; copyright-compliant print solutions for traditional customers and hybrid courses; virtual access for faculty and students, anytime, any place, anywhere

– Revenue sharing for partners who add value, commit to volume– More than 50 institutional adoptions: Cal State, Wisconsin,

Michigan, UCLA, Iowa, Texas Tele-campus, Cardean, Keller Grad School of Management

XanEdu

• eRetailers, Bookshops, Commercial Course Providers– Electronic distribution and print-on-demand– Amazon– Barnes & Noble– MBS Direct, Specialty Books, NextEd

• Computer Hardware Manufacturers– Gateway

• Student PortalsAOL, Microsoft

What does XanEdu mean…• For Teachers

• For Learners

• For Online Course Providers

• For Textbook Publishers

• For Professional Associations

Thank you