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

Wiese, Melanie; Plessis, Giselle M. Du

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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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“…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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“…) are available on student's smartphones and can be accessed respectively on the internet or some apps which are readily available for download(Dobler, 2015;Wiese & du Plessis, 2014). As such, English reading materials help students to discover the different modes of language.…”

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Speaking Performance and the Types of Code-switching of Senior High School Students

Gamotin

2021

IJELS

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English proficiency is considered a frontline skill especially among Humanities and Social Sciences students in the locality. This study was conducted to explore what particular types of code-switching affect the speaking performance among HUMSS. It determined the students’ demographic profile, types of English reading materials, time spent in reading, types of media, time spent in viewing and length exposure to English conversations, frequency of code-switching, and their level of speaking performance. The study used the Spearman rank correlation coefficient to determine the relationships between the demographic profile and the types of code-switching used in the conversation and the relationship of the types of code-switching and the level of speaking performance. The findings revealed that the speaking performance of the respondents is not generally affected by their exposure to English conversation. Nonetheless, it was found out that exposure to English reading materials and media corresponds to students’ fluency in speaking. In addition, using intra-sentential and tag code-switching make students speak fluently in the conversation. With this, it is concluded that intra-sentential and tag code-switching are communicative pedagogical approaches that can be adopted to meet classroom language needs. Likewise, the availability of learning materials either English reading materials and media or multimedia sources at home and in the classroom are crucial factors to foster students speaking performance. Thus, the study highly recommends that the conduct of intervention to students’ low level of speaking performance through the exposure to English reading materials and media, as well as the creation of home libraries and innovative media sources to promote students’ literacy skills.

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

Cited by 6 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

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

Speaking Performance and the Types of Code-switching of Senior High School Students

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