[Athen] Apple's upcoming tablet/slate/iPad and e-textbooks

[Shelley Haven]

Various articles have popped up this past week about Apple partnering  
with different education publishers on e-textbooks in the lead-up to  
their new tablet/slate/iPad device -- e.g., Harper-Collins last week,  
and now this article about McGraw-Hill and their Connect online  
learning system:

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2010/tc20100121_991806.htm

Is anyone familiar with Connect and its accessibility?  Connect was  
apparently developed in collaboration with Apple, and I know  
accessibility is more on Apple's radar now than it used to be.  The  
article also talks about CourseSmart, though, which was already  
declared "not accessible" by the listservs.

Guess we will just have to wait until at least next Wednesday and see.

- Shelley

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Shelley Haven  ATP, RET
Assistive Technology Consultant
Shelley at TechPotential.net
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