by Harry G. Tuttle, Tech and Learning
Many textbooks now have an e-text version. Do these e-texts improve student learning?
Some advantages:
- No heavy or bulky textbook to carry; portable
- Font size can be adjusted so students can more easily read or see information
- Text can be searched
- Often has an online assessment; allows online quizzes to be graded automatically online
- Often has an online homework management; allows homework activities to be graded automatically online
Some disadvantages:
- Often is an exact reproduction of the textbook. An E-text probably is not linked, therefore, students cannot click on words or images to get additional information
- The e-text is still mainly print (word) based
- Many images may supplement the text but they do not add new information; images help explain the text instead of the image being the main source of information
- Usually a student cannot write in the e-text such as writing comments in the margin
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