Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues
An electronic textbook (e-Textbook) is a digitized (or electronic) form of textbook, which normally needs an endorsement by the national or state government when it is used in the K-12 education system. E-Textbooks have been envisioned to replace existing paper-based textbooks due to its educationa...
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| author | Lee, Jasmine Hee Jeong Messom, Chris Yau, Alvin Kok-Lim * |
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| description | An electronic textbook (e-Textbook) is a digitized (or electronic) form of textbook, which normally needs an
endorsement by the national or state government when it is used in the K-12 education system. E-Textbooks have been envisioned to replace existing paper-based textbooks due to its educational advantages. Hence, it is of paramount importance for the relevant parties (i.e. national and state governments, or school districts) to draw a comprehensive roadmap of technologies necessary for the successful adoption of e-Textbooks nationwide. This paper provides a brief overview of e-Textbooks and subsequently an extensive discussion on challenges associated with e-Textbooks in the pursuit of replacing traditional textbooks with e-Textbooks. This paper further provides an extensive review on how the challenges have been approached using existing e-Textbook
technologies, such as multi-touch technology, e-Paper, Web 2.0 and cloud computing. Literature review and interview have been conducted to identify the challenges of e Textbooks implementation in terms of e-Textbook usage levels and the reasons of its refusal. There were 180 students and 20 academic staff participated as a sample for interviews. Eight categories of key challenges were identified. Subsequently, assessment was performed on how the evolving e-Textbook technology has been applied to address the key challenges and problems. This article aims to provide a strong foundation for further investigations in e-Textbooks for successful adoption of e-Textbooks in school education. |
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| spelling | sunway-2192020-10-12T07:40:59Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/219/ Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues Lee, Jasmine Hee Jeong Messom, Chris Yau, Alvin Kok-Lim * L Education (General) QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science An electronic textbook (e-Textbook) is a digitized (or electronic) form of textbook, which normally needs an endorsement by the national or state government when it is used in the K-12 education system. E-Textbooks have been envisioned to replace existing paper-based textbooks due to its educational advantages. Hence, it is of paramount importance for the relevant parties (i.e. national and state governments, or school districts) to draw a comprehensive roadmap of technologies necessary for the successful adoption of e-Textbooks nationwide. This paper provides a brief overview of e-Textbooks and subsequently an extensive discussion on challenges associated with e-Textbooks in the pursuit of replacing traditional textbooks with e-Textbooks. This paper further provides an extensive review on how the challenges have been approached using existing e-Textbook technologies, such as multi-touch technology, e-Paper, Web 2.0 and cloud computing. Literature review and interview have been conducted to identify the challenges of e Textbooks implementation in terms of e-Textbook usage levels and the reasons of its refusal. There were 180 students and 20 academic staff participated as a sample for interviews. Eight categories of key challenges were identified. Subsequently, assessment was performed on how the evolving e-Textbook technology has been applied to address the key challenges and problems. This article aims to provide a strong foundation for further investigations in e-Textbooks for successful adoption of e-Textbooks in school education. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology 2013-01 Article NonPeerReviewed text en cc_by http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/219/1/Yau%20Kok%20Lim%20-%20Can%20an%20electronic%20textbook%20be%20part%20_Full.pdf Lee, Jasmine Hee Jeong and Messom, Chris and Yau, Alvin Kok-Lim * (2013) Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues. TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 12 (1). pp. 32-44. ISSN 2146-7242 |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Lee, Jasmine Hee Jeong Messom, Chris Yau, Alvin Kok-Lim * Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues |
| title | Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues |
| title_full | Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues |
| title_fullStr | Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues |
| title_short | Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues |
| title_sort | can an electronic textbooks be part of k-12 education?: challenges, technological solutions and open issues |
| topic | L Education (General) QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
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