Ebooks: An Alternative to Paper Books for Online Students?
Keywords:
e-learning; school libraries; digital readers; e-books; low-income studentsAbstract
This program evaluation researched ebooks as a source of
literature for students attending online schools. Students, parents,
teachers, and administrators participated in focus groups, surveys, and
interviews so as to determine the effectiveness of providing ebooks to
online students. It was found that while students enjoyed browsing
ebooks from their school-provided desktop computers, reading ebooks
to completion was difficult to enjoy without a portable, digital reading
device. Recommendations included providing tablets to allow ebook
downloads and adopting an ereading pedagogy.
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