Costs are only one consideration when weighing the education value of e-textbooks. Educators are asking, how does the brain absorb information based on the medium in which it is presented? Will interactive media enrich learning in a significant way? How do electronic textbooks affect student engagement? Again, the answers are murky. Vice-chancellor of Macquarie University Steve Schwartz contends that eBooks “are the format of the academic future,” primarily because “embedding audio and video within text makes the book more interactive” and “users can also personalize their learning experience” (Rooney). These potential advantages seem to come with a cost, however, as researchers are finding that concentration may be more difficult on a computer screen (Sandberg 92). For example, a study of e-textbooks carried out by James Madison University psychology instructors tracking eye movement of students using print or electronic textbooks found far more skimming by online readers. Readers of web pages tend to pick out a line to read, then skim down to pick out another link, so they are navigating the page in an E or F pattern (“E-textbook Effectiveness”). Researchers studying student use of e-textbooks recommend that electronic reading assignments be accompanied by some sort of assessment or activity to enforce more consistent attention to text read on the computer screen.
Costs are only one consideration when weighing the education value of e-textbooks. Educators are asking, how does the brain absorb information based on the medium in which it is presented? Will interactive media enrich learning in a significant way? How do electronic textbooks affect student engagement? Again, the answers are murky. Vice-chancellor of Macquarie University Steve Schwartz contends that eBooks “are the format of the academic future,” primarily because “embedding audio and video within text makes the book more interactive” and “users can also personalize their learning experience” (Rooney). These potential advantages seem to come with a cost, however, as researchers are finding that concentration may be more difficult on a computer screen (Sandberg 92). For example, a study of e-textbooks carried out by James Madison University psychology instructors tracking eye movement of students using print or electronic textbooks found far more skimming by online readers. Readers of web pages tend to pick out a line to read, then skim down to pick out another link, so they are navigating the page in an E or F pattern (“E-textbook Effectiveness”). Researchers studying student use of e-textbooks recommend that electronic reading assignments be accompanied by some sort of assessment or activity to enforce more consistent attention to text read on the computer screen.
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Costs are only one consideration when weighing the education value of e-textbooks. Educators are asking, how does the brain absorb information based on the medium in which it is presented? Will interactive media enrich learning in a significant way? How do electronic textbooks affect student engagement? Again, the answers are murky. Vice-chancellor of Macquarie University Steve Schwartz contends that eBooks “are the format of the academic future,” primarily because “embedding audio and video within text makes the book more interactive” and “users can also personalize their learning experience” (Rooney). These potential advantages seem to come with a cost, however, as researchers are finding that concentration may be more difficult on a computer screen (Sandberg 92). For example, a study of e-textbooks carried out by James Madison University psychology instructors tracking eye movement of students using print or electronic textbooks found far more skimming by online readers. Readers of web pages tend to pick out a line to read, then skim down to pick out another link, so they are navigating the page in an E or F pattern (“E-textbook Effectiveness”). Researchers studying student use of e-textbooks recommend that electronic reading assignments be accompanied by some sort of assessment or activity to enforce more consistent attention to text read on the computer screen.
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