[Athen] FW: I wanted you to know this

[kerscher at montana.com]

This is horrible!

 

I will raise the issue in the publishing arena, probably around best
practices, or worst practices in this case.

 

Best

George

 

 

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf
Of Deborah Armstrong
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2022 3:13 PM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
<athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Athen] FW: I wanted you to know this

 

I sent this to our department chair. I just hate how publishers keep
tweaking their editions. Be aware!

 

 

From: Deborah Armstrong 
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2022 2:11 PM
To: Carol Cini <cinicarol at fhda.edu <mailto:cinicarol at fhda.edu> >
Subject: I wanted you to know this

 

I had another visually impaired student taking History 17A from another
instructor an adjunct. This student does read visually; he just needs to be
able to zoom the book.

So I got him a PDF from the publisher, Volume 1 of The American Promise, the
8th value edition.

But the instructor is complaining to me that it's the wrong book, because
the end of chapter questions are different.

It turns out the publisher sent me the electronic (ebook) edition of the
value edition of the 8th edition (Can we just shoot this publisher?). 

And it appears indeed, though its text is identical its end of chapter
questions differ from what's in the looseleaf or hardback actual print value
edition.

And I got a seven-day academic rental to find out what students actually
receive when they rent the book from our bookstore at only $34 a quarter.
(They rent to view it on a smartphone, tablet or computer.)

And that's the same thing I got in PDF from the publisher. I bet it's the
same thing they put in to their Learning Management System they call "My
History Course". 

So since you are department chair, will you please tell your other history
teachers that they cannot depend on the printed book to be identical to the
ebook, and they should get an academic rental of the ebook to check that
what they teach from matches what students get. This affects able-bodied,
not just students with disabilities!

Respectfully,

Deborah Armstrong

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