Digital Textbooks – a False Story About Rewards

Instructors can now work with students to create various textbooks based on crowdsourcing. In particular, as feedback provided by students is essential for determining the quality and direction of classes, instructors should interact with students who are currently participating in classes by exchanging feedback. This paper proposes a block editing model that can reflect student feedback. The block editing model is an interactive e-textbook editing model that is dynamically updated based on the feedback provided by students in real time without modifying the structure of digital textbooks. In particular, in order for even non-developers who do not know web programming languages to be able to produce interactive digital textbooks easily, the authors developed an editor that could help implement them based on Blockly, a visual programming language. This paper enables instructors to improve the direction and quality of classes depending on the learning achievement of students and understanding based on feedback information provided by students and feedback analysis.

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DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS: ANALYSIS TOOL FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE FIRST YEARS OF SCHOOLING

EDULEARN17 Proceedings ◽

10.21125/edulearn.2017.0949 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Joana Pinheiro Peixinho ◽

Rui Marques Vieira

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Analysis Tool ◽

Digital Textbooks ◽

Years Of Schooling

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The Materiality of Textbooks

LOGOS ◽

10.1163/18784712-03002005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 26-34

Author(s):

Alenka Kepic Mohar

Keyword(s):

Empirical Research ◽

Cognitive Processing ◽

Physical Environment ◽

The Body ◽

Technical Aspects ◽

Digital Textbook ◽

Digital Textbooks ◽

Bodily Movements

This article discusses changes in the materiality of textbooks by examining several examples of primarily Slovene textbooks from various periods. By focusing on their spread design rather than technical aspects (e.g., length, weight, and format), one may infer that their materiality changed with the development of printing technologies and publishing skills. Based on the assumption that textbook visuality is a field of meaning that requires different bodily movements, postures, and engagement with the physical environment to produce cognitive processing, this article sheds light on how the body adapts to the changed materiality of digital textbooks. Numerous micro-movements in a long string of procedures are required in a digital textbook ecosystem. All the participants should be aware of the different demands and properties of the digital textbook ecosystem. Therefore, further empirical research is needed.

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