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Cavanaugh, C. & Cavanaugh, T. (2002). eBooks for Education. In D. Willis et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (pp. 1127-1129). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/10950.

Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2002
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2002
  Dee Anna Willis, Jerry Price & Niki Davis
AACE

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Authors

Cathy Cavanaugh, Terence Cavanaugh, University of North Florida, USA

Abstract

An eBook is a form of publishing in a digital medium. Because reading is a basic component of most educational activities, providing alternative formats and supports for reading activities becomes necessary to reach all students, especially special need students and distance learning classes. Digital or electronic text offers options such as Text-to-Speech that provide users additional modalities for receiving the information. New tools now allow readers to interact with the text to the extent of taking notes, marking, highlighting, drawings, bookmarks, searching, and even interacting with associated dictionaries. With modern editors eBooks can be easily created from web or word-processed documents. By creating their own eBooks and using available online libraries, instructors can expand the accessibility and ease of use both for themselves and their students.

Keywords

• Students
• Distance Education
• Interaction

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