25 Main Benefits OfEbooks
1.INTERACTIVITY. Students loved the way eBooks provide practically endless opportunities for interaction, ranging from simple websites to exchanges with authors.- ACCESS. Students appreciated the fact that eBooks provide access to reading anytime, anywhere.
- VOCABULARY. The eBook makes it easier to learn new words, for example, by clicking on a word to view its denition.
- NOTE TAKING. Students enjoyed the many ways to annotate texts, audio, and video using a variety of apps.
- SEARCH. The eBook allows readers to nd words and phrases rapidly.
- READING ALOUD. The VoiceOver function available on certain tablets is helpful for young children learning to read or with reading problems.
- INDIVIDUALIZATION. The eBook o‑ers invaluable benets for students with learning problems, including tailored content (e.g., supplemental pages or sections).
- LEARNING. Numerous studies have demonstrated the cognitive potential (i.e., increased learning) of the eBook, particularly for textbooks.
- UPDATES. The eBook allows publishers to continuously update content.
- FREQUENCY. Students wanted to read eBooks more often than traditional paper books.
- DURATION. Students spent more time reading eBooks than paper books.
- ORGANIZATION. Students reported that eBooks and eTexts were easier to organize and prioritize.
- ALL IN ONE PLACE. Students repeatedly stressed the practicality of reading on a tablet, where everything is in one place: dictionary, search engine, images, sound, etc.
- VARIETY. Students could readily access a wide variety of books and texts, and teachers regarded the tablets as a kind of world-scale library.
- QUANTITY. The most recent tablets can contain over 500,00 books, more than anyone can read in a lifetime. B. AFFECTIVE BENEFITS
- INTEREST. Students found reading eBooks more interesting than regular books.
- MULTIMEDIA. The multimedia content (images, sound, video) appealed to students and inspired them to read. 1
- ENJOYMENT. Overall, students enjoyed reading eBooks more than regular books.
- ADAPTATION. The eBook allows many ways of tailoring content for young readers: luminosity, font style, etc. C. SOCIAL BENFITS
- SHARING. Students can easily share what they are reading with others. More and more apps allow sharing comments and highlighted sections via social networks.
- NETWORKING. Students found it easy to share ideas about common projects.
- COLLABORATION. Students could collaborate in real time with their classmates when reading texts. D. OTHER BENEFITS
- SAVINGS. Schools can cut costs substantially over the medium term by introducing eBooks.
- ECOLOGY. The eBook has a lower environmental impact.
- PORTABILITY. Studies have shown that carrying heavy textbooks on a daily basis can negatively a‑ect students’ health.
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