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EXPERIENCE IN USING ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS Frank Schindler University of Maryland University College European Division Heidelberg, Germany
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TEXTBOOKS WE USE at the UMUC Traditional paper Electronic (interactive menus, hypertext, multimedia, animation, applets)
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PAPER TEXTBOOKS vs E-TEXTBOOKS Advantages of Paper Textbooks easy to manipulate easy to study from
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PAPER TEXTBOOKS vs E-TEXTBOOKS Disadvantages of Paper Textbooks Do not offer enough of detail Hard to distribute Expensive – cost of 1st copy and cost of each other copy
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PAPER TEXTBOOKS vs E-TEXTBOOKS Advantage of E-Textbooks Offer as much detail as needed Global access over Internet Relatively cheap Allow hyperlinks, multimedia, animation Support self-testing with sample answers
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PAPER TEXTBOOKS vs E-TEXTBOOKS Disadvantages of E-Texts Can not be downloaded onto local PC Not available in printed format Sluggish access if multimedia involved Hard – expensive to develop Missing integration with rest of class
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QUALITY OF E-TEXTBOOKS can be monitored via online, anonymouos students course evaluations. They can be used to Test quality of E-Textbooks Test quality of distance education
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EXAMPLE OF COURSE EVALUATION
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E-TEXTBOOKS at the UMUC Provide interactive menus and consists of 6 modules. Each of them contains Module objectives Overview of covered concepts Commentary Self-assessment tests glossary
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CONCLUSIONS Paper textbooks should be supplemented by CDs with sample course materials E-texts should be provided on CDs for sale to students E-texts should have a some sort of paper version
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FUTURE TRENDS In forseeable future both technologies - paper and e-textbooks will merge together
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OPEN ISSUES for E-TEXTBOOKS How to sell them on CDs – copyright law How to print them How to better integrate them with rest of the class – conferences, study groups, chat
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