Time for Reflection?: Digital Text and the Emerging Paper Divide

Cull, Barry W.

doi:10.7771/2380-176x.6994

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“…Information resources provide students in HEIs with several prospects compared to their forerunners. It is on this premise that [1] [2] [3] opined that reading an e-journal is different from a printed one. In recent years, [4] [5] disclosed that e-information has progressively developed into a vital resource in every institution of learning.…”

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Determinants of Undergraduate Students’ Attitude and Perception towards the Use of Electronic Information Resources (EIRs) among Undergraduate Students in Selected Universities in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Olatoye¹,

Nekhwevha²,

Muchaonyerwa³

2020

OALib

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This study sought to investigate the attitudinal behavior and perceptions of undergraduate students in University of Fort Hare and Rhodes, towards their utilization of e-information resources (EIRs). The essence was to ascertain whether their attitude and perception have a positive or negative impact on e-resource use in selected universities in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The purposive and proportionate stratified random sampling techniques were employed in selecting the study population and sample size while questionnaire and oral interview were used as instruments for data collection. The findings revealed that the respondents usually encounter difficulties which negatively influence their attitudes and behavior towards e-resource use. They assume that additional special computing skills are required before one can be competent enough to effectively utilize these resources. In carrying out this research, a total of 377 copies of the questionnaire were randomly distributed to undergraduate students in all the faculties of both institutions, and the results were analyzed using the Statistical Package of the social Sciences (SPSS Version 32). Additionally, hypotheses were tested in order to validly make assertions based on the collected data, and the results state that perception and attitude of undergraduate students affect their utilization of E-journals. Recommendations were made, and these include the need for mass enlightenment campaign on the use and benefits of E-resources among undergraduate students through training and re-training, seminars, and workshops.

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Determinants of Undergraduate Students’ Attitude and Perception towards the Use of Electronic Information Resources (EIRs) among Undergraduate Students in Selected Universities in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Olatoye¹,

Nekhwevha²,

Muchaonyerwa³

2020

OALib

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“…Although nearly all the literature reviewed acknowledged that students do read electronic text onscreen for pleasure 28 or for obtaining specific information 26 , there is a near-universal preference for print especially for serious reading, 15 or for long form and academic reading. 29 Some 80% of students prefer printed text when reading for study.…”

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“…29 Some 80% of students prefer printed text when reading for study. 28 Reasons often given for print preference include the ability to highlight or underline text and write notes in the margins. 16,30 Many results state that students can focus or concentrate better with printed text than onscreen text; furthermore, comprehension and retention when reading print is greater than when reading e-textbook.…”

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Continuance of E-Textbook Use by Tertiary Students: A Qualitative Approach

D’Ambra

Wilson

Akter

2018

Journal of Computer Information Systems

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Textbooks are an important information resource for tertiary students. E-textbooks are now widely available and accessible to students offering them distinct advantages over print books at lower costs. However the uptake of e-textbooks has been slow and student preferences for either medium are not well understood. This study adopts a qualitative approach using an expectation-confirmation theory (ECT) lens and revealed causal mapping to understand from students participating in focus groups, their intentions to continue using etextbooks. We extend ECT by including two new constructs: perceived quality and perceived value. The results assist in interpreting students' behavior regarding intentions to continue using e-textbooks and the efficacy of the extended ECT model.

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“…Therefore, we may take hope from findings that despite the International Journal of Linguistics ISSN 1948-5425 2018 prevalence of the Internet and e-books, most readers still prefer to read a print book (Gleed, 2013). In an ongoing investigation of 607 university students' preferences, approximately 80% prefer printed texts because they can write on them, retain contents more easily and enjoy the haptic experience of turning pages (Cull, 2015).…”

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Book Reading Choices of University Students in Jordan

Kamhieh¹

2018

IJL

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It is widely believed that today’s university students are so enamoured of social media and other online attractions that book reading is no longer included in their leisure-time activities, particularly in the Arab world where smartphone penetration is high and interest in reading is perceived to be low. As teachers, we have an obligation to ensure our students are reading books of their own choosing. This study investigates the book-reading choices of a convenience sample of 100 male and female students attending a private university in Jordan to determine 1) what those choices are, 2) what patterns we can detect among their choices and 3) what language and format they prefer to read in. Results show that students look West for most of their book choices, at the expense of their own literature and authors, that their gendered choices reflect many of the patterns already established in the literature, that they prefer to read printed rather than digital books and that third-person narrator voice is most commonly used in the novels they read. The study also suggests that book choice may have less to do with book-based appeal factors (such as, author, protagonist, etc.,) and more to do with the overall reading experience, and that the narrator voice used in the novels students read can contribute to the richness and overall value of that reading experience.

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Time for Reflection?: Digital Text and the Emerging Paper Divide

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Determinants of Undergraduate Students’ Attitude and Perception towards the Use of Electronic Information Resources (EIRs) among Undergraduate Students in Selected Universities in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Determinants of Undergraduate Students’ Attitude and Perception towards the Use of Electronic Information Resources (EIRs) among Undergraduate Students in Selected Universities in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Continuance of E-Textbook Use by Tertiary Students: A Qualitative Approach

Book Reading Choices of University Students in Jordan

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