E-textbooks & Digital Resources

Our students have the advantage of accessing affordable digital resources for their primary course content.
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UW-System's Polytechnic University

One of UW-Stout's core values is the pursuit of innovation, technology, and sustainability with a constant eye to the future. UW-Stout also values your learning experience and understands the speed at which information flows.

E-textbooks and other digital course resources add to the variety of instructional materials available through Instructional Resources Service (IRS), at an affordable cost to faculty and students. 

E-Reader Platforms & Digital Tools

Currently, digital content is provided by RedShelf/VitalSource

Presentations & Training

For instructor or in-class demos and training, please contact Amber Olson at olsonamb@uwstout.edu.

Stout "Open" for Learning and Value in Education (SOLVE): An Open Textbook Pilot (UW System Office of Professional and Instructional Development, April 2016)

Why E-textbooks? Polytechnic Summit Presentation (June 2014)

OER information - open educational resources that have a Creative Commons copyright and allow for open use, modification, and sharing. 

Effordability Summit - a regional conference that focuses on the use, development, and creation of quality and affordable curricular content.