Nuovi business model per la scolastica, il caso Flat World Knowledge

Data:	4 marzo 2011	Ora:	10:20	Lingua:	English

Abstract - Possibile portare in Italia l’esperienza di Flat World Knowledge? Senza ampliare il digital divide, senza compromettere la qualità dei contenuti e senza disorientare gli insegnanti? --- Sanford Forte will discuss 1) current problems in the textbook marketplace; 2) Flat World Knowledge and other Open solutions to those problems; 3) the real and potential disruptive impact of Flat World Knowledge and other Open licensing models in several publishing segments – including primary schools, foreign markets, scholarly publications, online education, learning assessment, and learning management systems, etc.; 4) the market response from teachers, students, authors, and schools; 5) How should educational publishing companies be positioning themselves, given Open licensing and other innovations?

Sanford Forte (Former Director, Flat World Knowledge)

Sanford Forte is Director of Partnership and Business Development at Flat World Knowledge, a venture capital-backed college textbook startup. Sanford combines 30 years of executive leadership in textbook publishing and Internet-based digital content/technology startups; he has spoken widely about educational publishing; digital technology innovation; and the fiscal and social returns-on-investment that result from deployments of "Open" technologies.

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