Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks
Electronic textbooks (e-Textbooks) are digitized forms of textbooks which are envisioned to replace existing paper-based textbooks. After intensive literature review, together with interview results, our study has figured out four major IT-based challenges associated with e-Textbooks in its pursuit...
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| description | Electronic textbooks (e-Textbooks) are digitized forms of textbooks which are envisioned to replace existing paper-based textbooks. After intensive literature review, together with interview results, our study has figured out four major IT-based challenges associated with e-Textbooks in its pursuit to replace the traditional textbooks, namely standardizing format of content, improving service reliability, improving quality and accuracy of content, and improving readability. This paper also provides an extensive review on how these challenges have been approached using existing e-Textbook solutions, such as N-Screen services, cloud computing, open market place, P2P between devices and HTML5. For each solution, we develop a usage scenario in which users apply the aforementioned technologies to interact with e-Textbooks and share contents among themselves. This article aims to provide a strong foundation for further investigations into the development and distribution of e-Textbooks for eventual successful adoption of e-Textbooks in school education. |
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| spelling | sunway-3012020-10-12T07:38:50Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/301/ Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks Lee, Jasmine Hee Jeong Yau, Alvin Kok-Lim * LT Textbooks ZA4050 Electronic information resources Electronic textbooks (e-Textbooks) are digitized forms of textbooks which are envisioned to replace existing paper-based textbooks. After intensive literature review, together with interview results, our study has figured out four major IT-based challenges associated with e-Textbooks in its pursuit to replace the traditional textbooks, namely standardizing format of content, improving service reliability, improving quality and accuracy of content, and improving readability. This paper also provides an extensive review on how these challenges have been approached using existing e-Textbook solutions, such as N-Screen services, cloud computing, open market place, P2P between devices and HTML5. For each solution, we develop a usage scenario in which users apply the aforementioned technologies to interact with e-Textbooks and share contents among themselves. This article aims to provide a strong foundation for further investigations into the development and distribution of e-Textbooks for eventual successful adoption of e-Textbooks in school education. Taylor & Francis 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/301/1/zz%20Lee%20%2B%20Yau.%20Addressing%20the%20major%20information%20technology%20challenges.pdf Lee, Jasmine Hee Jeong and Yau, Alvin Kok-Lim * (2015) Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 55 (2). pp. 40-47. ISSN 0887-4417 http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ucis20 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2015.11645755 |
| spellingShingle | LT Textbooks ZA4050 Electronic information resources Lee, Jasmine Hee Jeong Yau, Alvin Kok-Lim * Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks |
| title | Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks |
| title_full | Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks |
| title_fullStr | Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks |
| title_short | Addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks |
| title_sort | addressing the major information technology challenges of electronic textbooks |
| topic | LT Textbooks ZA4050 Electronic information resources |
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