E de la Cruz-Hernandez, E Perez-Cardenas, L Taja-Chayeb, A Chavez-Blanco, C TrejoBecerril, J Trujillo, JL Medina-Franco, A Dueñas-Gonzalez* Unidad de Investigación en Cáncer, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM, Mexico City, and Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, ISSEMYM Cancer Center, Toluca, Mexico. Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, 11350 SW Village Parkway...

The purpose of this study is to understand how the Digital Textbook interface developed in the leading researches affects learner’s motivation. As a result, four out of seven interest factor of Digital textbook interface affect learning motivation. These interest factors are emphatic factor, esthetic factor, explorative factor, and cognitive factor. Experimental factor also is proven to be a po...

Despite the promises of e-textbooks, the wide-spread adoption by college students has yet to materialize. The customization of e-textbook support will facilitate the process, but it requires a better understanding of the differences among individual users in their adoption of e-textbooks. The main focus of this study is to examine the role of technology savvy in terms of ITrelated experiences, ...

This paper describes a novel and interactive tool for teaching and learning (the Time Evolution Learning Tool: TimeBook) that allows teachers and students to generate the e-Textbook or e-book. Recently, there is an increase in the usage of e-books in the pedagogical context, however not many attempts have been made to embed temporal related information into the content generation in e-books. Th...

We are suggesting a framework for open access publishing of comprehensive, elaborately structured digital textbooks, potentially enriched by extensive non-textual data. The framework will comprise of a software toolbox containing a collaborative authoring platform, manuscript workflow system, tools for editorial work, presentation platform, updating workflow, interfaces for dissemination and lo...

Digital textbooks have been growing popular as a lower-cost and more interactive alternative to paper books. Despite the recent rise in adoption, little is known about how people use these resources. Prior studies have investigated student perceptions of digital textbooks in the classroom via interviews and surveys but have not quantified actual usage patterns. We present, to our knowledge, the...

Purpose – This paper investigates the potential electronic textbooks (e-textbooks) have to augment the learning and education of children. Design/methodology/approach – The study consisted of a total of 60 pupils, split into five groups of 12 participants (six boys and six girls). Each of the five groups were in turn split into two sub-groups of six (three boys and three girls): one sub-group u...

The paper presents the application of Integrated eLearning, presented in general terms at this conference [1], exemplified on one of the most important parts of Physics the thematic block “Oscillations“. The goal of the course of Physics in the chapter of Oscillations is to show the oscillatory movement as a basis of nearly all natural phenomena. The unifying model for all real world systems th...

The adoption of electronic textbooks in universities by the majority of students has yet to materialize, requiring a better understanding of the differences among individual users to customize its design and support. The main focus of this study is to examine the role of technology savvy in terms of the experiences, skills and self-efficacy of students in using information technologies. It is h...

This research was designed to look at World English textbook evaluation and its effects on EFL pre-intermediate Iranian learners' speaking skill. Thirty male students were selected randomly in Eshtehard language school. They took a pre-test as a proficiency test first to determine their proficiency. To gain this aim, a language proficiency test, i.e., Nelson test was given to the total particip...