This document discusses e-books and their use in education. It begins by defining an e-book as a digital version of a printed book that can be read on a computer or e-reader. The document then explores what makes a good school book by having students discuss criteria around content, structure, design, and usability. Finally, it looks at different e-book formats, how to create e-books, and resources for finding free e-books online. The document aims to help students envision what a digital school book of the future may look like.

1. E-Books
IP Divus, 2013
Heiko Vogl
Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark

2. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUQRbqc2qtY

3. Activity
Group work (4 students each group, from different countries)
Try to answer the questions: What is an e-book? Try to describe an e-Book? How can you use
an e-book?
Use edupad (http://edupad.ch/9CoRbAQZk9) for postings.
WHAT IS AN E-BOOK?

5. Wikipedia (2011)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book
An electronic book (also e-book, ebook,
electronic book, digital book) is a booklength publication in digital form, consisting
of text, images, or both, and produced on,
published through, and readable on
computers or other electronic devices.
Michael Suarez und H. R. Woudhuysen, The Oxford Companion to the
Book: Two-volume set, 1. Aufl. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA,
2010).
[…] an electronic version of a printed book
which can be read on a computer or a
specifically designed handheld device.
„definition of e-book from Oxford Dictionaries Online“, Oxford
Dictionaries, 2011, http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ebook?region=at.

6. Flickr,com: Pictures: PiAir (Old Skool), gileslane, STML, STML, James F Clay, FHKE, FHKE, wilbertbaan, cybermort, osde8info, mary hodder, AMagill, smaedli, robertogreco, robertogreco, Cloned Milkmen,

7. E-book – the digital book
E-books created with authoring tools
E-books for e-readers
WALTHER NAGLER, MARTIN EBNER, UND NIKOLAI SCERBAKOV, „READING AND LEARNING WITH ANY
DEVICEUNIVERSITY CONTENT
FOR E-BOOKS AND E-READERS“, IN PROCEEDINGS OF WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL
MULTIMEDIA, HYPERMEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2011 (CHESAPEAKE), 1775-1782.

8. e-books in schools

9. Activity
Group work (4 students each group, from different countries ):
Every one of you used books at school. As a teacher you will use books too. But what is a good
school book? Try to find criterias for good school books?
Try to cluster your criterias? Use the following category groups:
Content / structure / look and feel (optic and haptic) / usabiltity
Use edupad (http://edupad.ch/9CoRbAQZk9) for postings.
WHAT IS A GOOD SCHOOL BOOK?

17. Fixed Layout

18. Dynamic Layout

19. PDF / DjVu
ePUB
Mobipocket, AVE, Kindle Format 8
iBook (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr076C_ty_M )
E-BOOK FORMATS

20. Comparing formats: table of content, alphabetical index,
number of pages, costs

21. Comparing formats: legibility, layout, images, caption, help,
formulas, quality, format, weight

22. E-readers

23. Comparing formats and e-readers: browse, search, navigate,
where am I? two pages, mark, annotations, fill in, bookmarks

24. Comparing formats: videos, sounds, scale, interactivity

25. e-books for schools

26. Creating e-books
Offline
Online
http://calibre-ebook.com/
http://www.epubconverter.org
http://go4convert.com/ToEpub
http://www.docspal.com/
http://ebook.online-convert.com/convertto-epub http://www.webbooks.com/Publishing/Word2EPUB.htm
http://www.freepdfconvert.com/

27. booki.cc
Booktype http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mLCDKmmEyg#

28. Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/
Bartleby http://bartleby.com/
OER Commons http://www.oercommons.org/
ICDL – International Children’s Digital Library http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Ck12.org http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut7AVwycf6E#
FREE E-BOOKS ONLINE

29. The future of the book
http://vimeo.com/15142335

30. Activity
Group work (4 students each group, from different countries ):
What is your vision of a digital school book? Draw and describe your e-book of the future.
Use edupad (http://edupad.ch/9CoRbAQZk9) for postings.
WHAT IS YOUR VISION OF A DIGITAL
SCHOOLBOOK ?