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E-Textbooks

Yes or No?

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Our views on technology as a distraction:

We all found that technology can be distracting, though some of us found e-textbooks more beneficial than others, and some of us had mixed feelings on e-textbooks.

Research Question and Who was researched

• What are the e-textbook preferences of undergraduate teacher education students?
• What are the perceptions of undergraduate teacher education students towards reading an e-textbook?
• How do undergraduate teacher education students view the role of an e-textbook in their learning process?

What this paper researches

• College students' perspectives on e-textbooks and print textbooks for an English class
• Explores digital reading and self-regulation
• Found that previous research had mixed results on the effectiveness of e-textbooks vs. print textbooks

College Students' Preference of E-Texbooks over Paper

10.5%

25%

64.5%

Negative Experience

Positive Experience

Neutral

Reasons for e-Textbook and Print Preferences

The verdict:

Reasons for print preference

Reasons for e-Text Preference

It's personal preference! Some students benefit from E-Textbooks , but others like the physicality of traditional texts. Overall, E-Textbooks should be viewed as a skill that need to be developed.

Its personal preference! Some students benefit for e-textbooks, but others like the physicality of the traditional textbook. Overall e-textbooks are a skill that need to be developed.

- Familiaity with the format - Eyestrain with screen reading - Too many distractions when reading online - Connection to physical movement of page turning

-Available search features -Digital notes feature -Lower cost -Light weight

Attentions vs Distractions

Attentions

Distractions

E-textbooks help some students engage with the text with the highlighting/note taking features. Students also record that they are used to reading on a device for pleasure reading so reading a texbook online was like pleasure reading

Students also record that many E-textbooks have links embedded within the informational pages that catch the attention of curious minds. These links lead students to different pages that distract them from the original topic.

Paper's Conclusion

Are E-Textbooks a boon or a distraction in the classroom? Well its complicated.

E-textbooks have different strengths and weaknesses for different students that create complex opinions on their use and preference of the technology While E-Textbooks definitely preferred by most students in the paper's findings; there is a distinct subset of students who have valid issues with the technology that cannot be ignored.

How did this contribute to how we see distractions?

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Self-regulation is key to overcoming possible distractions from e-textbooks

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Highlighted that didtractions are individualized, each student may be distracted by different things. Should not be a blanket statement

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Reading E-Textbooks requires a different skill set than reading print textbooks.

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Print textbooks seem to enhance learning, while e-textbooks seem more beneficial for finacial/efficiency reasons.