Digital textbooks

Ph.D. Alysson Ramos Artuso

Digital textbooks

• Available in computers, tablets, readers and smartphones

• Multimedia contents

• “Living and moving”

• Community interaction• Combination of:TextbooksReference booksWorkbooksDictionaries...

Concept

Features

• Easy browsing• Choice• Search• Multimedia• Personalize book:– Note– Highlight– Bookmark

Features

• Activities• Reports• Forum• Share• Wiki• Blog• Games• Content production

Differences

History

• 2007 – 2011: South Korea Pilot

• 2009: California initiative

• 2011: Brazilian programm

• 2012: Apple iBook Author

Brazilian scenario

• PNLD: Second biggest programm of governamental textbook purchase in world – about U$500 million/year

• Digital textbooks in high school in 2015

Future

• Social learning networks

• Statistical methods• Eye tracking (Text 2.0)