Paper Info
Title
Hybrid E-Textbooks As Comprehensive Interactive Learning Environments
Abstract
An e-TextBook can serve as an interactive learning environment (ILE), facilitating more effective teaching and learning processes. In this paper, we propose the novel concept of an EPUB 3-based Hybrid e-TextBook, which allows for interaction between the digital and the physical world. In that regard, we first investigated the gap between the expectations of teachers with respect to e-TextBook functionalities, on the one hand, and the ILE functionalities offered by e-TextBooks, on the other hand. Next, together with teachers, we co-designed and developed prototype EPUB 3-based Hybrid e-TextBooks that make it possible to connect their learning content to smart devices in classrooms, leveraging both digital publishing and Semantic Web tools. Based on experimentation with our prototype Hybrid e-TextBooks, we can argue that a semantically enriched EPUB 3-based Hybrid e-TextBook is able to act as a comprehensive ILE, providing the tools needed by teachers in smart classrooms. Furthermore, expert observations and Smiley o'meter results demonstrate an effective impact on student cognition and motivation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1080/10494820.2017.1343191
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Digital publishing, hybrid e-textbook, interactive learning environment, linked data, semantic web, smart school
Educational technology,Interactive Learning,Computer science,Knowledge management,Semantic Web,Linked data,Mobile device,Teaching method,Blended learning,Multimedia,Electronic publishing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
26
4
1049-4820
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
14
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hajar Ghaem Sigarchian181.97
Sara Logghe210.36
Ruben Verborgh3630105.49
Wesley De Neve452554.41
Frank Salliau531.46
Erik Mannens667199.58
Rik Van de Walle72040238.28
Dimitri Schuurman810112.65