The development process of e-Textbook for k-12 schools in South Korea and its inspiration to China

Author

Chaohua, Gong ; Chen Chiang ; Jinbao, Zhang ; Ronghuai, Huang

Author_Institution

R&D Center for Knowledge Eng., Beijing Normal Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

6879

Lastpage

6883

Abstract

An e-Textbook is a kind of e-Book that can meet curriculum standards and will serve as an important substitute for printed textbook in the future. In terms of the reading habits and learning habits, e-Textbooks are more suitable for the "digital generation." Therefore, the application of e-Textbook will be an important foundation for teaching and learning reform, and consequently will be one of the key issues of ICT use in education as well. The paper presents relevant development process of e-Textbook for K-12 schools in South Korea and its inspiration to China. It will help to provide new ideas and suggestions for implementation e Textbooks in K-12 schools in the future.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational technology; electronic publishing; China inspiration; ICT; South Korea; digital generation; e-textbook development process; information and communication technology; k-12 schools; Educational institutions; Electronic publishing; Information technology; Linux; XML; China; Development process; E-Textbook; Insipration; K-12 Schools; South Korea;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yichang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8162-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECENG.2011.6056893

Filename

6056893