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By David Rothman

Craig Swenson, provost of the University of Phoenix, the e-learning giant, will speak at an Open eBook Forum conference on April 14 in New York City. The topic: “How Professionals Learn Today — Intentional Learning and the Irrelevance of Textbooks.” Other conf details:

During the one-day conference, attendees will hear from leading educators, publishers and technology vendors on advances in the access and delivery of digital academic content. In addition to Dr. Swenson, presentations will be made by executives and representatives from WebCT, Connections Academy, Virtual High School, Blackboard, OverDrive, Thomson Learning Labs, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Microsoft and others.

Hey, guys, anyone wanna discuss nonproprietary e-pub standards to drive down the costs for Phoenix and other institutions–and the students themselves?

 
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