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Originally Posted by Turtle91
Caesar simply pointed to a video that demonstrated what technologies were out there to make the reading experience better.
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Better isn't subjective when it comes to science learning. At least at the university level, it can be objectively measured by testing. There was zero evidence in the video that what it showed increases learning, probably because it does not.
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E-textbooks Effectiveness Studied
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While they found that learning is possible from both formats, learning from e-textbooks takes longer and requires more effort to reach the same level of understanding, even in a controlled lab environment. At home, students report taking even more time to read e-textbooks as well as higher rates of muti-tasking (e.g., Facebook, electronic chat, texting, email, etc.) than do their peers using printed textbooks. . . .
Daniel’s previous results also showed that students are not likely to use the added multimedia features that make some-textbooks interactive. The links to these modules are typically imbedded within the text, but students generally want to finish the reading first. Those reading e-textbooks were more likely to skip embedded multimedia and hyperlinks than they would if they used a free website connected to the printed textbook.
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