Eui-Suk Jeong(goodguy@keris.or.kr)

Senior Researcher, Digital Textbook Section

Themes

Background of Digital Textbook

History of The Digital Textbook Project

Status of The Digital Textbook Project

Effects of Digital Textbook

Cases of Digital Textbook Uses

Issues and Challenges

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• Evolution of smart terminal & N/W (WIFI, LTE) Technology

• Advent & Application of New Cloud & Big DataTechnology

• Expanded Supply of High Quality Online Contents

• Change of focus: Memory–>Record->Use

• Need for diverse consulting to support individuallearning

• Demand for developing integrated curricula meetingsocial needs

• Rising needs for adult learning combining job andlife

• Rising needs for self-directed learning

• Expanding needs for diversified learningdata

• Increase in active information sharingthrough communities

• Digital native

Rapid Development ofInformation & Communication Technology

Extension of Active Participation Learning of Students

DiversifiedLearning

Tools

Change ofLearningContents

Expansion of Customized Education

Change ofStudents

Needs

Life-longLearningSociety

Changing Needs for Social Education

• Change to society combining work and learning

• Rising needs for life-long learning

• Needing practical education connectingcommunities and industries

• Formal learning (20%) + Informal learning (80%)

Change of learning environment

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Background of Digital Textbook

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Background of Digital Textbook

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Educational Vision of Government

Education Normalization to Grow Dream & Talents

Reduction of School Expenses to Secure Equal Educational Opportunities

Establishment of Foundations for Ability Oriented Society to Develop Future Human

Resources

• Operatecurricula for growing

students dream & talents

• Support designing personalizedcareer development plans

• Promote physical education

• Create environments to eradicateviolence and threatening harm

• Simplify college admission process

• Encourage teachers to dedicatethemselves to education

• Expand after-school care service

• Reduce education expenses fromkindergarten to high school

• Reduce college expenses

• Offer extended educationopportunities to handicapped,multicultural and North Koreandefectors’ children

• Establish National CompetencyStandards

• Enhance occupational education tonurture professionals

• Promote universities characterization& improve competitiveness of colleges

• Support university financially andimprove transparency of collegesfinance

• Construct life-long education system

• Promote technical colleges to highervocational education(V/E) institutions

• Expand support for local colleges

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Creation of Ecosystem for Digtaltextbook

Teacher’sCapabilities

Participationof Private Sectors

Support of Parents & Communities

Optimizing Education eco- system for Nurturing Creative Global HR

Students Parents Teachers

Cloud EducationService

Network

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Concept of Digital Textbook

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Paper-based TextbookDigital Textbook

Class Effect

Learning Method

Relation to

Other Subjects

Medium

Content Collection

Content Change

Content Type

Multimedia learning resources including videos, virtual world, etc.

Text, image-focused flat, linear contents

Swift reflection of new facts and knowledge

Difficult to change due to fixed contents

Linked with various educational contents & databases

Requiring lots of time and costs to find contents outside the subject

IT devices (TPC, desktop PC) Printed media

Integrated learning within the subject among different grades, or between different subjects

Separated, different learning resources for each subject

Interactive learning among teachers, students, computers

One-way study delivering just knowledge

Experiment of student-centered, self-directed learning activities

Uniform class difficult to offer tailored classes

Digital Textbook VS. Paper-based Textbook

History of DT Project

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Defined the future form of textbook

Announced digital textbook commercialization strategy(2007, MOE)

Developed & supplied digital textbook for integrated education system

Stage Ⅰ (2002~2006)

Stage Ⅱ (2007~2010)

Stage Ⅲ (2011~ Present)

Researched on future education, environments, textbook

Developed & applied prototypes to pilot schools

* 20 schools (’08) → 112 schools(’09) → 132 schools (’10) → 63 schools (’11)

Announced strategy for smart education implementation (2011, National Information Strategy Council of MOE

Collected empirical data for study results* 20 policy researches such as analysis of effects of digital textbook, development of teaching & learning methods, etc.

Set up regulations for publishing digital textbook

History of DT Project in Third stage

2014

2015~

2013~2012

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Status of The DT Project

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Status of The DT Project

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Developed teaching & learning models and various class cases applicable to schools for each subject (Social Studies, Science, English) in preparation for introducing digital textbook

☞ Researched DT use models (primary, middle & high schools), Report No. CR 2013-6, KERIS

Developed & shared „110 Smart Education Scenarios‟ for each subject for primary, middle & high schools based on teachers‟ experiences in application to classes

☞ Smart education scenarios (outline, for primary, middle & high schools), Ref. No. TM2012-35, KERIS

Analyzed success factors of smart education

☞ Analysis of success factors of smart education, Report No. CR 2012-13, KERIS

Shared successful class models, trained leading teachers and supported schools of pilot model

☞ About 1,400 leading teachers visited schools for trainings, Smart Education Concerts, etc. in 2012☞ 45 smart education model schools, 46 DT model schools

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Status of The DT Project

Amendment of Digital Textbook Systems

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New regulations of DT in curriculum (Society, Science, English, Aug. 2012)

DT development, inspection, technical assistance, etc. (Dec. 2012)*Publication of paper textbook, inspection system, expertise of agencies

Notice of verification

Instructions for DT publication (Sep. 2013)

Efforts for revision of Copyrights Law (2011~)• Notice of standards for

compensation for curriculum books

copyrights (Dec. 2011)

• Improvement of compensation

system for use of imported books

(2014)

(Developer)• (Gov‟t designated) Compiler

• (Verified/Acknowledged) Author & publisher

(Inspector) • (Gov‟t designated) MOE, compilation review

(Technical adviser) • (Specs devlopment) KERIS

Standardization of DT development specs(May 2013)* Efforts for application of open standards

* Collection of opinions, preferentially applicable subjects

(Specs) Provision of production guidelines(May 2013)* To publisher

(Sample) Disclosure of 2 chapters per subject(May 2013)* Reference of publisher* Exemplary application to

model schools in 2013

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Packager (Contents

packaging tool) Production guidelines

Digital TextbookPlatform

Digital Textbook Platform

Viewing DT, note taking,

highlighting, reference

attachment/deletion, etc.

Functioning as

educational community

(i.e. SNS) connected to

viewer

Setting-up integrated

certification systems for

users - teachers,

students, etc.

User registration,

management, My

Library/Viewer

download & update

Setup of Standards for Digital Textbook

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Contents Area

Packaging(Publication): EPUB 3.0

Publication management: XML

Publisher, subject name, author, etc.

Expression of DT

DT configuration (Table of contents, chapters, etc.)

Text: UTF-8

Audio: MP3

Image: jpg, png, gif, svg

Video: MP4

Page view: HTML 5 / CSS 3

User interaction: JavaScript

Viewer Area

Contents viewing & teaching/learning: Applicable to 3 major OS (Windows, Android, IOS)

Functions of execution of teaching/learning aid platform & its link to outside (communities,

outside dictionaries, etc.): Open API type link

Contents expression formats such as AR and MathML(supported by HTML 5and EPUB 3.0) express various learning contents (multimedia data, glossary, test items, supplementation and enrichment data, etc.)

Teaching/learning: Note (writing, memo, highlighter, bookmark, hyperlink), record, etc.View: Page turning, page zoom-in/out, table of contents (move), etc.

• Download from PCs, Notebook Computers, Smart Devices

- Utmost use of already existing environments recommended

- 57 new smart pads purchased on average per model school

• A survey on use of DT in 163 model schools shows that more than 90%

of classes are taught by means of both DTs and paper textbooks.

※ Survey on DT use in 2014 (Answered by 162 schools, Sep. 3 thru 5, 2014)18

※ Survey on basic infrastructure of DT model schools (Answered by 119 schools, Apr. 2014)

Digital Textbook Uses & Status

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“Ability to Explore, Construct and Present Knowledge by Using

Rich Contents and Various Tools in Diversified Manners”

Cases of Digital Textbook Uses

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Case of Knowledge Construction at Taebong Elementary School inKwangju

Use cases of Digital Textbook

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Cases of Digital Textbook Uses

Identifying learning issues

Setting up goals and theme of discussion

Making decisions on theme

Collecting & summarizing related data

Deciding discussion methods & procedures

Summarizing discussion results

Evaluating discussion results

Presenting members‟ ideas

Agreeing or disagreeing

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Case of Communication Learning in Jusung Middle School inChungcheongbuk-do

Cases of Digital Textbook Uses

Effects of Digital Textbook

※ Effects of DT measured between 2008 and 2011

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0

2.9

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Self-direction

49.7

50.3

Achievement

3.3

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3.4

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Problem solving

DT Class

PT Class(Paper Textbook)

Groups using DT showed better results than the group using only paper textbook in academic achievement, self-directed learning, problem solving ability, etc.

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Use of digital textbook proved:- to enhance learning motivation and provide various learning activities- to show positive effects in learning attitude and satisfaction (in more than 90% of model

schools investigated)

- to bring superior outcomes in rural areas than in urban areas (contributing to mitigation of

educational gaps)

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Outcome of Digital Textbook

?

GOOD…

but carefully…..

Issues and Challenges

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Laws & Institutions

Education & Culture

Technology & Infrastructure

• Revision of Copyrights Act for promoting DT uses• Demand for sustainable education policies on budgets, curricula

• Negative perceptions about educational use of computers• Development of DT learning models• Creation of DT environments by promoting voluntary participation of private firms• Development of teachers’ competency

• Building advanced classroom environments• Establishing open & integrated DT platform• Analyzing learning contents in DT environments• Setting-up open sources for DT• Constructing standards of DT

Communication Channels for DT Promotion

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Smart Education Facebook Forum of KERIS- Period in service: Jan. 2012 ~ Present- Number of participants: 3,620 (As of Oct. 2014)※ Schools, teachers, public agencies, private firms, individuals, etc. home and abroad

Smart Education Together with Teachers- Period in service: Jan. 2012 ~ Present- Number of participants: 7,550 (As of June, 2013)

※ Teachers-centered program

https://www.facebook.com/groups/smarteducationforum/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/smartlearningkorea/

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