TY - GEN
T1 - Designing Open Textbooks for Effective Teaching and Learning
AU - TSANG, Yuen Mei
AU - Yuen, Kin Sun
AU - Li, Kam Cheong
AU - CHEUNG, King Sing
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Printed textbooks are often criticized for only 'transmitting' knowledge to readers in a linear fashion whereas in e-textbooks, interactivity can be built in; so learners are 'connected' with other resources. There are e-tools for learners to communicate with the teacher and their peers, and they can also support individualization in the learning process. Here we will need appropriate design elements in language usage, conceptual organization, spatial arrangement and levels of interactions. Electronic textbook content in various file formats (e.g. web, PDF, e-Pub, audio) can be used in different devices to suit learners' reading preferences. Open textbooks on the other hand, allow teachers to reuse, revise and remix the content. Linking to a repository of learning assessment items, an open textbook can also provide effective assessment of learning outcomes, an important requirement in Hong Kong schools. The paper first describes how an open textbook system for Hong Kong comes to fruition. It will then discuss in detail the pedagogical, quality assurance and technological considerations in the development of the open textbooks.
AB - Printed textbooks are often criticized for only 'transmitting' knowledge to readers in a linear fashion whereas in e-textbooks, interactivity can be built in; so learners are 'connected' with other resources. There are e-tools for learners to communicate with the teacher and their peers, and they can also support individualization in the learning process. Here we will need appropriate design elements in language usage, conceptual organization, spatial arrangement and levels of interactions. Electronic textbook content in various file formats (e.g. web, PDF, e-Pub, audio) can be used in different devices to suit learners' reading preferences. Open textbooks on the other hand, allow teachers to reuse, revise and remix the content. Linking to a repository of learning assessment items, an open textbook can also provide effective assessment of learning outcomes, an important requirement in Hong Kong schools. The paper first describes how an open textbook system for Hong Kong comes to fruition. It will then discuss in detail the pedagogical, quality assurance and technological considerations in the development of the open textbooks.
KW - Open textbooks
KW - open content
KW - open license
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904766168&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-45272-7_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-45272-7_5
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904766168
SN - 9783642452710
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 43
EP - 55
BT - Knowledge Sharing through Technology - 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Learning, ICT 2013, Revised Selected Papers
T2 - 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Learning, ICT 2013
Y2 - 10 July 2013 through 11 July 2013
ER -