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...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) describes personalized medicine as “the right patient with the right drug at the right dose at the right time,” and it certainly is a timely and emerging medical practice. Personalized Medicine: Promises and Pitfalls, by Gloria Gronowicz, begins with a unique perspective: the author’s own personal anecdote about the very day she was diagnosed with stage...

This paper describes a series of three evaluations of electronic textbooks on the Web, which focused on assessing how appearance and design can affect users’ sense of engagement and directness with the material. The EBONI Project’s methodology for evaluating electronic textbooks is outlined and each experiment is described, together with an analysis of results. Finally, some recommendations for...

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 article reports the results of an experiment involving 108 college students with varying backgrounds in biology. Subjects answered questions about the evolutionary history of sets of hominid and equine taxa. Each set of taxa was presented in one of three diagrammatic formats: a noncladogenic diagram found in a contemporary biology textbook or a cladogram in either the ladder or tree format...

As with the first three editions of the Textbook of Global Health (formerly Textbook of International Health), the highly integrated, interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and unique presentation of the subject matter makes this book at once a serious and essential contribution to teaching and learning Global Health. The Textbook provides a thoroughly researched, logically laid out plan for either ...