12057

12057

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (20 minutes, no formal paper)

Thomas Smyth, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, South Carolina, USA, smyth@usca.edu
 * Students Create Their Own eBook Textbook!**

Among the many emerging learning technologies in education are eBooks which are easily viewable by a variety of mobile applications and devices.

This presentation describes an innovative approach to content distribution in an undergraduate content area literacy course in which students generate an eBook for the course through research, collaboration, creativity and sharing.

Students in this pilot study use a new technology, iBooks Author. It is a variant of the ePub electronic book format and allows for various forms of media and interactivity. Media include text, images, videos, presentations, and HTML code. As a result of this activity, it is expected that a stronger community of learners and a deeper understanding of content will result.

All Audiences eBook, collaboration, multimedia, mobile learning