Abstract

MINELLI-DE-OLIVEIRA, Janaina; CAMACHO, Mar  and  GISBERT, Mercè. Explorando la percepción de estudiantes y profesor sobre el libro de texto electrónico en educación primaria. Comunicar [online]. 2014, vol.21, n.42, pp.87-95. ISSN 1988-3293.

The potential of technology in digital society offers multiple possibilities for learning. E-books constitute one of the technologies to which great attention has to be paid. This article presents a case study on the perceptions held by a teacher and his students on the use of e-textbooks in a Primary education classroom. It examines students’ meaning-making practices and the perceptions that teachers and students have towards their engagement in learning activities in this context. In the analysis of the data generated, the classroom is considered a multimodal learning space, where virtual, physical and cognitive environments overlap, allowing students to negotiate meaning across multiple contexts and reflect upon it. Results show that e-textbook users’ perceptions greatly depend on the institutional culture in which they are embedded. While the adoption of e-textbooks does not necessarily mean a transition from traditional textbooks to e-textbooks, students and teachers may develop a more demanding range of criteria which must be met by e-textbook providers. By doing this, e-books become a real alternative to free Internet resources. Although e-textbooks favor a communicatively active style of learning, there are still real challenges to be overcome by publishers so that e-textbooks do not become the next forgotten fad.

Keywords : E-Book; Textbook; Multiple Literacy; Semiotic; Interaction; Teaching Resources; ICT; Collaborative Learning.

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