The battle of the e-textbook: Libraries’ role in facilitating student acceptance and use of e-textbooks

Wiese, Melanie; Plessis, Giselle M. Du

doi:10.7553/80-2-1509

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“…In Africa, however, the acceptance of e-books has not yet reached significant levels (Maepa and Nkosi, 2013; Zinn and Langdown, 2011; Adubika, 2011; Egberongbe, 2011). Asunka (2013) in a study from Ghana and Wiese and Du Plessis’s (2015) investigation from South Africa reported that, although African students are aware of the existence of e-books, they do not regularly use them. Despite the high rate of awareness of e-books at Nigerian institutions of higher learning, the usage of e-text books is limited (Adubika, 2011).…”

Section: Awareness and Use Of E-booksmentioning

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E-books: yes or no? A case study of undergraduate students at the University of Namibia

Leonard

Snyman

2019

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Purpose The purpose of the paper is to determine how undergraduate students at the University of Namibia perceive and use e-books. This paper aims to report on the result of a study that investigated the adoption of, views about and use of e-books at the University of Namibia. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed-method approach. It used three methods, namely, focus group interviews, observation combined with the think aloud and a survey to investigate how undergraduate students use e-books. Findings Major findings of the study indicated that students use and prefer e-books for course and research purposes. But they mainly use non-library search engines such as Google, Yahoo and commercial sites. Lack of searching skills, slow/unreliable internet and limited or lack of relevant content of e-book collections were the major hindrances affecting e-book use. Originality/value The findings of the study could be used to understand the use of e-books at the University of Namibia and at academic institutions with similar context to Namibia. The study contributes to the knowledge base of library and information science (LIS) by providing a detailed analysis on the views and use of e-books at the University of Namibia. The recommendations of this study can be adopted by libraries in other countries with similar socio-economic conditions like Namibia.

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Section: Awareness and Use Of E-booksmentioning

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E-books: yes or no? A case study of undergraduate students at the University of Namibia

Leonard

Snyman

2019

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“…About 85% of the participants claimed that one of the consequential factors for deflecting students' conspicuous negligence towards reading textbooks and their inclination towards e-textbooks or other similar content available on websites is the ease of accessibility of e-resources (as expressed by Alshahrani et al, 2017;Swain, 2016;Wiese & Plessis, 2014). They find it convenient as they can download the content effortlessly and read whenever and wherever they desire.…”

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Handouts, Textbooks or E-Resources: Saudi Female Students’ Preferential Learning Style

2023

CJESS

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This research aims to ascertain the perceptions of Saudi female undergraduates in terms of learning resources and identify the influencing factors that cause them to adopt their choice of learning techniques. For data analysis, the responses are gathered from the tertiary level female students through a questionnaire. Additionally, several faculty members voluntarily provided their perceptions regarding students' most favorable manner of learning. Though there has been a significant discrepancy in responses, a majority went for the provision of handouts or availability of digitally accessed materials with the reduced textual information for their effortless learning, regardless of attainment of course learning outcomes.

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“…The cost comprises of purchase of smart devices, installation of software, maintenance of hardware, network infrastructure, additional accessories, internet usage, operational costs, upgrade and replacement costs, updating of anti-virus, and professional training. However, availability of a wide range of electronic devices at reasonable prices make it possible and affordable for people to own the smart devices according to Wiese & du Plessis [19]. Asunka [20] opined that in the 1970s the electronic textbooks are just digitalised print books with no added technical features or interactive tools which was further confirmed by Choppin et al [21].…”

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Printed Textbooks Versus Electronic Textbooks: A Study on the Preference of Students of Gulf University in Kingdom of Bahrain

Alfiras¹,

Bojiah

2020

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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Technology has become an indispensable phenomenon in the contemporary era which has its impact in every walk of life and education is not an exception to this. The tech-savvy students of today have easily adopted the electronic textbooks as a replacement of printed textbooks owing to its ease of use, cost effectiveness and accessibility. Varied views on the students’ preference of the specified format of textbooks have laid the platform for more formal and fo-cused research pursuits these days globally. Therefore, a research to differenti-ate the advantages and disadvantages of both the formats and the reasons that are primary to opt for the one over the other at a regional level is very much the need of the hour. The study aimed to find out the interest and preference that prevailed in the minds of students of Gulf University, Kingdom of Bah-rain, with respect to the adopting of electronic textbooks over the printed text-books as this kind of study has been carried out much limited in this region. A list of questions was made in order to find out the pros and cons of the printed textbooks and electronic textbooks so that the valid reasons for the preference could be identified. The study adopted a quantitative research design and the questionnaire as a research tool to collect the data. The result affirms that most of the students are familiar with both the formats of textbooks and are more comfortable using electronic textbooks and have expressed their willingness to a complete shift from printed textbooks to electronic textbooks. Nevertheless, the findings make it clear that the students opt for electronic textbooks depend-ing upon the nature of the subject or academic discipline.

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The battle of the e-textbook: Libraries’ role in facilitating student acceptance and use of e-textbooks

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

E-books: yes or no? A case study of undergraduate students at the University of Namibia

E-books: yes or no? A case study of undergraduate students at the University of Namibia

Handouts, Textbooks or E-Resources: Saudi Female Students’ Preferential Learning Style

Printed Textbooks Versus Electronic Textbooks: A Study on the Preference of Students of Gulf University in Kingdom of Bahrain

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