[Canadaoer] Differentiating Between Textbooks and Online Homework Systems

Hello all. I’m working on a document for our administration related to the use of online homework systems (OHS) at our university. I need to differentiate between textbooks, including digital textbooks (I’m looking at you Pearson) and homework systems. While they often come bundled, it’s not always the case and I need to make it clear that we’re looking at using existing policy to hopefully bring some oversight to the proliferation of OHS at our institution, while not forcing textbooks into this (unless bundled is the only option). If anyone has some text that might suit this, like a definition of an OHS that makes it’s clear it can stand alone from a textbook, I would be most appreciative of you sharing it with me. Thank you in advance. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross@usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca