Digital Textbooks
Developed an OER on Digital Textbooks for Week 8 of ETEC522.
I worked independently on this project. My OER was announced on the etec522 sept13 weblog and published at http://digitaltextbooks.wordpress.com.
OER – Digital Textbooks – by Janette Iorns
The ETEC522 cohort were encouraged to participate in learning activities and online communication. A total of 70 comments/contributions were published to the Digital Textbooks OER and there were over 840 page views.
Analysis of interactions on different OER pages
Comment by John Lee
I realize that there is a commercial component which I’m probably missing the point of. Perhaps digital textbooks are more easily marketed. But purely from a pedagogical standpoint, it almost feels like we’re highlighting the merits of Betamax. In ten years, will people still use DT’s instead of websites?
Response by Janette 10/26/2013 10:58pm
I think the direction for the future will be far more use of mobile devices as learning platforms, and that content will become smaller and smaller in file size to be consumed ‘on the go’ or for ‘short bursts of attention’. In that context of learning, I imagine that apps will be the mode of delivery and interaction for learning content. An entire course may be on an app, or a student may flick between resources on many apps. The design of the app would determine if content needs to be packaged as a ‘book’. Books could possibly bind up learning objects, rather than leaving them flexible.
