@inproceedings{a0121681ce4d4b9992374b8e9e4070fc,
title = "eVolution from conventional textbooks to open textbooks: A way out for Hong Kong",
abstract = "This paper attempts to first briefly review the difficulties concerning textbooks that Hong Kong faces. Summarising issues into five problems - high and increasing prices, inflexibility in revision, weight, bundling with teachers' materials, and costly marketing means, it outlines measures the government has been taking to tackle them and concludes that there has been little success in solving the problems. By explaining that Hong Kong is not the only place confronted with this worldwide bugbear, it highlights that, to be free from the constraints of conventional textbooks, we may capitalise on information and communication technology to take us to a new paradigm and that open textbooks are a promising solution to the aforementioned burdens and constraints.",
keywords = "conventional textbook, elearning, mobile learning, open textbook, student engagement",
author = "Li, {K. C.} and Yuen, {K. S.} and CHEUNG, {King Sing} and TSANG, {Yuen Mei}",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-31398-1_19",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783642313974",
series = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
pages = "211--225",
booktitle = "Engaging Learners Through Emerging Technologies - International Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning, ICT 2012, Proceedings",
note = "2012 International Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning, ICT 2012 ; Conference date: 04-07-2012 Through 06-07-2012",
}