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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Electronic books"”.
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Forms for electronic books
The book is proposed as a candidate form for new electronic information systems. The electronic book casts the powerfully expressive new media of computers and video in the accessible forms of the printed book. It is a testbed for developing novel methods of interactive information retrieval and …
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Electronic Books: An Overview of the First Two Generations.
<p>The electronic text reading device, or e-book, is an idea that has reached the implementation stage. Technology has only recently made possible the production of a device to challenge the printed book’s dominance as the media for information transmission. These microprocessor-based devices are …
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Using Electronic Books to Increase Elementary Students’ Motivation to Read
… & Ng, 1998). Forms of technology such as digital books, CD-ROM storybooks, and interactive software programs have been successful in both motivating students to read and improving reading fluency skills. This research explores ways in which electronic books can be used to motivate students to …
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Pixel Is The New Print. How Electronic Books Support Emergent Literacy: A Case Study
… of this case study was to investigate how electronic books (ebooks) motivate and engage an emergent reader, as well as how ebooks support decoding and comprehension. Qualitative data was collected from one second grade female student. The results of the study indicated the participant …
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Why are those computers sitting over there gathering dust
The purpose of this project was to create electronic books (E-books) for kindergartens to read during their center time. The E-books are intended for kindergarten teachers to use to help their students learn to read while utilizing the technology resources in their classroom. These E-books are …
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Why are those computers sitting over there gathering dust
The purpose of this project was to create electronic books (E-books) for kindergartens to read during their center time. The E-books are intended for kindergarten teachers to use to help their students learn to read while utilizing the technology resources in their classroom. These E-books are …
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The Use of E-books, Computers, and Tablets To Enhance Reading Skills
… The study explored teachers’ use of e-books, computers (reading programs), and tablets to enhance reading skills. Specifically, the researcher wanted to investigate elementary teachers’ beliefs regarding the use of e-books (electronic books), computers (reading programs), and tablets …
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Accessibility and Use of Electronic Resources in Library Services in Tanzania: The Case of the Bank of Tanzania Library
… challenges of accessibility and use of electronic resources at the Bank of Tanzania Library (BoTL). Specifically, the study aimed at identifying electronic resources available for access and use by library users, the level of access to and use of electronic resources in the library, …
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Accessibility and Use of Electronic Resources in Library Services in Tanzania: The Case of the Bank of Tanzania Library
… challenges of accessibility and use of electronic resources at the Bank of Tanzania Library (BoTL). Specifically, the study aimed at identifying electronic resources available for access and use by library users, the level of access to and use of electronic resources in the library, …
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E-book usage in academic libraries: does the research indicate it is a tame solution or wicked problem ?
… portions of their budget to the provision of electronic books (e-books). While circulation statistics provided by the e-book vendors indicate that the e-books are being used, they do not inform the libraries of the reasons behind use, how they are being perceived and user satisfaction. In …
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Acervos científicos digitais nas bibliotecas universitárias da UFRJ: competências, estratégias e normas para sua salvaguarda
… libraries which integrate the system, the use of electronic books in universities and digital preservation through the implementation of a policy focused on the PANTHEON repository of UFRJ. The methodology used was an exploratory and descriptive research that intended to identify possible actions, …
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VText: A Plug-in Extension to Add Electronic Textbook Functionality to Microsoft OneNote
Electronic textbooks are different from ebooks (electronic books) in that they allow the user to go beyond just reading material on a computer screen. Electronic textbooks encourage the user to accomplish all of the operations typically performed with a hardcopy text in addition to some functions …
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An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa
… impacts and cumulative energy demand of electronic books (e-books)read from a Tablet personal computer (PC) or Apple Air iPad, the digital system, with the equivalent printed paper books (print system) in South Africa, and establish which of two systems has less of an environmental and …
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The use of print library materials in the era of digital resources in institutions of higher learning in Namibia: a case study of the University of Namibia (UNAM) and Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)
… found that students preferred both print and electronic resources; however, most of them used print as compared to electronic resources. The study further found that students preferred print resources for the following reasons: print resources are easy to locate; convenient to read from; easy …
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The development and evaluation of software for teaching reading at primary level
… text. Talking book software, replicating real books with additional features such as sound, has the potential to complement this approach. Common features of such software include word pronunciations, hearing sentences read aloud and page turning facilities. These features could facilitate the …
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Reading comprehension evaluated through electronic storybooks and traditional print storybooks
… purpose of this study was to determine whether electronic text storybooks, when compared to printed storybooks, affect students' comprehension skills. Reading comprehension is a process by which the reader constructs meaning with the text. With electronic texts, the computer is able to control …
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E-book adoption in academic and research libraries
Electronic books (e-books) have grown in importance in Academic and Research Libraries (ARLs). Some ARLs are now spending more on e-book acquisitions than hardcopy books. Whether this investment in e-book provision is justified by adoption outcomes is often the subject of simplistic, rather than …
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Self-interaction and charge transfer in organic semiconductors
… semiconductors paved the way for a new class of electronic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes, transistors, or solar cells. Despite an inferior efficiency as compared to commonly used silicon-based technologies, organic semiconductors promise the advent of fully flexible devices for …
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Electronic book usage amongst academic librarians in South Africa
Amongst university libraries e-books are gaining wider interest since the introduction of portable electronic reading devices and software-based readers. With the growing electronic environment within universities, a need for competent and knowledgeable librarians has come to the forefront of …
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Mobile Books: Effect of Engagement on Students’ Motivation and Cognitive Strategy Use
… 30 grade 1 students’ motivation to read mobile electronic storybooks (eBooks) and cognitive strategies used during eBook reading. Data collection comprised motivation and parent questionnaires, behavioural observation checklists, cognitive strategies rubric, and teacher interviews. Students’ …
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