Enacting Change: A Study of the Implementation of e-Readers and an Online Library in two Canadian High School Classrooms

Patterson, Serina; Stokes-Bennett, Devon; Siemens, Ray; Nahachewsky, James

doi:10.18352/lq.7977

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“…Lam et al (2009) confirm these results especially for the pocket personal computers tested, as was similarly found by Nie et al (2011) in tests of the Sony PRS-505. Patterson et al (2010) also criticised the unwieldy and difficult annotation tool. The majority of our participants evaluated having a print function as (very) important.…”

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“…Gibson and Forbes, 2011;Gielen, 2010;Gupta and Gullett-Scaggs, 2010;Lai and Chang, 2011;Lam et al, 2009;Pearson et al, 2010). Patterson et al (2010) evaluated the particular requirements of learning and literacy in an innovative Canadian school during the development and implementation of a customised online library for "digital native" students. This research project combined information literacy issues, e-pedagogy and computational modelling activities and summarised the pros and cons of the e-readers and online library regarding their impact on learning and teaching.…”

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Are e‐readers suitable tools for scholarly work? Results from a user test

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Purpose -This paper aims to offer insights into the usability, acceptance and limitations of e-readers with regard to the specific requirements of scholarly text work. To fit into the academic workflow non-linear reading, bookmarking, commenting, extracting text or the integration of non-textual elements must be supported. Design/methodology/approach -A group of social science students were questioned about their experiences with electronic publications for study purposes. This same group executed several text-related tasks with the digitized material presented to them in two different file formats on four different e-readers. Their performances were subsequently evaluated by means of frequency analyses in detail.Findingse-Publications have made advances in the academic world; however ereaders do not yet fit seamlessly into the established chain of scholarly textprocessing focusing on how readers use material during and after reading. Our tests revealed major deficiencies in these techniques. Research limitations -With a small number of participants (n=26) qualitative insights can be obtained, not representative results. Further testing with participants from various disciplines and of varying academic status is required to arrive at more broadly applicable results. Practical implications -Our test results help to optimize file conversion routines for scholarly texts. We evaluated our data on the basis of descriptive statistics and abstained from any statistical significance test. Originality/value -The usability test of e-readers in a scientific context aligns with both studies on the prevalence of e-books in the sciences and technical test reports of portable reading devices. Still, it takes a distinctive angle in focusing on the characteristics and procedures of textual work in the social sciences and measures the usability of e-readers and file-features against these standards.

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Are e‐readers suitable tools for scholarly work? Results from a user test

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Mayr

2013

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Electronic Environments for Reading: An Annotated Bibliography of Pertinent Hardware and Software (2011)

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Siemens

2013

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In the development of new research environments, hardware has often been neglected. E-readers have (reasonably) successfully been developed for leisurely reading, but reading with the goal of writing demands a different approach. This bibliography has been written to inform the INKE research group on physical aspects of digital scholarly reading. It consists of two parts: a hardware section, including a description of commercial e-readers as well as an overview of academically developed digital reading devices and a software section, also including commercially available packages next to academically developed reading environments which allow for flexible manipulation of text and other modalities; as well as reflections on digital scholarly reading. Combined, the two sections inform an integrated approach in the development of new research environments.

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Enacting Change: A Study of the Implementation of e-Readers and an Online Library in two Canadian High School Classrooms

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Are e‐readers suitable tools for scholarly work? Results from a user test

Are e‐readers suitable tools for scholarly work? Results from a user test

Electronic Environments for Reading: An Annotated Bibliography of Pertinent Hardware and Software (2011)

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