Talk given at the BOBCATSSS 2015 conference - http://www.bobcatsss2015.com/. The introduction of Web 2.0 has led to the internet becoming more interactive. These technical developments are already being implemented in the educational sector of our society, where there is being experimented with Interactive Learning Technologies. Our main concern in this matter is the effectiveness of these Interactive Learning Technologies, in comparison to a physical textbook. We conclude that adding interactive functions to texts is useful for the user. He or she has access to relevant information which can be used in an effective way in sharing knowledge. This access is due to the ever advancing technologies and innovations in the line of work. Nevertheless, these innovations might as well lead to distraction which causes lack of concentrated learning. This distraction complicates the so called Deep Reading of text (Carr, 2010). In our Pecha-Kucha-presentation we will discuss pros and cons of e-books and compare this tool to textbook usage. Our presentation is centered around the dilemma many people and institutions are facing in this matter.

1. Learning Technologies
Interactive learning technologies versus textbooks
Lowie van Eck & Frans
Huigen
Wednesday, January 26th - 2015

2. Presentation topics
• The evolution of the e-book
• The medium is the message
• Connectivity

3. Afternoon, a story
by Michael Joyce

4. Project Gutenberg

5. The world first
electronic novel

6. The first commercial
E Ink device

7. E Ink

9. Backlight problem

10. The medium is the
message

11. What the internet is
doing to our brains

12. Snippets

13. Kindle Paperwhite
Promoted more deep reading and less active
learning

14. The death of the novel
“do you also believe that
those readers will voluntarily
choose to disable that
connectivity? If your answer
to this is no, then the death of
the novel is sealed out of
your own mouth.”
- Will Self

15. Is connectivity the problem?

16. Integrated dictionary

17. Cross references
Hyperlinks

18. Endless distractions a
click/touch away

19. Using the internet as
personal memory bank