ERIC Number: EJ1092836
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jan
Pages: 17
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ISSN: EISSN-1302-6488
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Education Faculty Students' Views about Use of E-Books
Yalman, Murat
Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, v16 n1 p145-161 Jan 2015
Parallel to technological developments, numerous new tools are now available for people's use. Societies adapt these tools to their professional lives by learning how to use them. In this way, they try to establish more comfortable working environments. Universities giving vocational education are supposed to teach these new technologies to their students to help them become successful in their future profession. Books that serve as the basic sources of information for education faculty students are increasingly being transformed into e-books parallel to these new technologies. In line with these developments, identifying students' approaches and preferences regarding e-book could help determine the needs regarding this type of new technologies. In line with this purpose, the present study aimed at determining the views and preferences of preservice teachers regarding e-book as well as their levels of general knowledge about this technology. The participants of the study were 1179 students attending an education faculty (660 female, 519 male). In the study, qualitative and quantitative methods were used together. The results revealed that the students did not have sufficient knowledge about e-book and that they regarded any digital source on the Internet as e-book. Of all the participating preservice teachers, only 6% of them had sufficient knowledge about ebook.
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs, Knowledge Level, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Internet, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Content Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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