Can an electronic textbooks be part of K-12 education?: Challenges, technological solutions and open issues

• Main Authors: Lee, Jasmine Hee Jeong, Messom, Chris, Yau, Alvin Kok-Lim *
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology 2013
• Subjects: L Education (General); QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/219/1/Yau%20Kok%20Lim%20-%20Can%20an%20electronic%20textbook%20be%20part%20_Full.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/219/

An electronic textbook (e-Textbook) is a digitized (or electronic) form of textbook, which normally needs an endorsement by the national or state government when it is used in the K-12 education system. E-Textbooks have been envisioned to replace existing paper-based textbooks due to its educationa...