Submitted by clarkandreson on April 24, 2010 - 6:27am.
An e-book (short for electronic book,or EBook), also known as a digital book, is an e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed .
I do think that a key part of success in e-texts is the backing of the faculty. I think that our society, especially education, is caught in a crossroads of sorts. The research I read on the Sloan website said that overall support by faculty members of online learning continues to decrease and with many educators not in support of online endeavors, such as texts, making a total change will not be well received at first. I think that many faculty "don't like change" which also can effect how students will see the adoption of e-texts. I think that it is important that students always remain full of options about their learning methods and tools. However, discouraging one or the other (paper versus screen) could help prevent potential progress in the student's learning.
Thoughts anyone else? I will keep on sending the links, Jane, when I find more :)
Right now, my students have paper texts, but many supplementary electronic readings. Anecdotally, they seem to be printing off many of the electronic readings anyway. If given choice of format at equal cost, I suspect it will take a few semesters to convert students to e-books. If the cost is significantly reduced, then I suspect the conversion will be quicker.
Katey, Thanks for the link to the NYTimes article. Helpful.
I think that it is interesting to think about how students learn best from either the "printed book" or the "screen." With the emerging technology, such as the Ipad, this will become an even bigger issue for educations to consider.
I also think that learning styles should be considered when thinking about e-textbooks. I found a link that has a "quiz" (not sure how valid but at least got my mind thinking) to explore learning styles. I will copy my results below and you can take it for free too at the link: http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/questions.asp
hello every one
An e-book (short for electronic book,or EBook), also known as a digital book, is an e-text that forms the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed .
I do think that a key part of
I do think that a key part of success in e-texts is the backing of the faculty. I think that our society, especially education, is caught in a crossroads of sorts. The research I read on the Sloan website said that overall support by faculty members of online learning continues to decrease and with many educators not in support of online endeavors, such as texts, making a total change will not be well received at first. I think that many faculty "don't like change" which also can effect how students will see the adoption of e-texts. I think that it is important that students always remain full of options about their learning methods and tools. However, discouraging one or the other (paper versus screen) could help prevent potential progress in the student's learning.
Thoughts anyone else? I will keep on sending the links, Jane, when I find more :)
E-Books
Right now, my students have paper texts, but many supplementary electronic readings. Anecdotally, they seem to be printing off many of the electronic readings anyway. If given choice of format at equal cost, I suspect it will take a few semesters to convert students to e-books. If the cost is significantly reduced, then I suspect the conversion will be quicker.
Katey, Thanks for the link to the NYTimes article. Helpful.
To decide?
I think that it is interesting to think about how students learn best from either the "printed book" or the "screen." With the emerging technology, such as the Ipad, this will become an even bigger issue for educations to consider.
Here is another link to what I found about this issue to consider: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/does-the-brain-like-e-books/
Thoughts, anyone?
I also think that learning styles should be considered when thinking about e-textbooks. I found a link that has a "quiz" (not sure how valid but at least got my mind thinking) to explore learning styles. I will copy my results below and you can take it for free too at the link: http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/questions.asp
Ideas?
Style Scores
Visual
6
Social
11
Physical
10
Aural
5
Verbal
10
Solitary
17
Logical
12
Memletic Learning Styles Graph:
What do you think the
What do you think the differences are between "reading paper print" and "reading material on a screen" in terms of comprehension and other issues?
Even though students
Even though students subscribe electronically, many are indicating that they print the material and read it that way.
E-books v. hard copy