8th e-Learning Excellence Conference, Dubai 2016

1. Potential of EPUB3 for
Digital Textbooks in
Higher Education
Martin Ebner

2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddhiestand/197704394/
Open Educational Resources
Mobile Learning
E-Learning
Learning Analytics
Social Media

3. Ebner, M., Nagler, W., Schön, M. (2013) Architecture Students Hate Twitter and
Love Dropbox” or Does the Field of Study Correlates With Web 2.0 Behavior, In
Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and
Telecommunications 2013 (pp. 43-53). Chesapeake, VA: AACE

4. E-Reader
iPad
(http://www.crunchbase.com/product/ipad)
Kindle
(http://www.amazon.com)
Sony E-Reader
(http://inhabitat.com)

5. Just a digital document (Books, Newspaper,
Journals, …) typically offered by a library:
• File format: .pdf
• Interactivity: none or very few
• Multimedia: few, depends on .pdf
• Advantages: all platforms, searchable
E-Book-Definition I
Digital Document

6. Document for particular devices (Kindle, Sony E-
Reader, iPad, ...):
• File format: EPUB, Mobipocket, DjVu, ...
• Interactivity: e-Reader less, tablets high
• Multimedia: e-Reader less, tablets possible
• Advantages: less power consumptions, EPUB
bases on XML
E-Book-Definition II
Document for e-Reader
and Tablets

7. Course content, concerning didactical approaches
• File format: HTML, XML, .... „SCORM“
• Interactivity: high, flexible
• Multimedia: high
• Advantages: Flexibility, Compatibility, convertion,
embeddable in any Learning Management System,
User generated content
• Huge number of software
E-Book-Definition III
Documents done with
Authoring Software

8. E-Book-Development: concept of TUGRAZ

9. Authoring-Software
http://ebook.tugraz.at

10. E-Book-Examples
http://ebook.tugraz.at

11. E-Books - How it works in detail

12. • Different Output formats:
• Button “Get PDF and Mobi/Kindle” = standard
• Button “Get EPUB” = additional possibility
• Extended Possibility
• Embedded in the LMS and online available
One Input - multiple Output

13. Will this work with a typical
school book in primary
education?

14. http://youtu.be/yxtkWinSvuE
school book using ePub3

15. http://digikomp.at
website

16. https://ebook.tugraz.at/digikomp/index.html
demo

17. drag & drop

18. E-Books in Higher Education

19. EPUB3 in Higher Education

20. Pair Assignment

21. Multiple Choice

22. Memory

23. Intelligent text book using Learning Analytics

24. • is using different file formats,
• allows interactivity,
• and offers a full media integration.
The future of
learning content ...
... from
a
technological perspective
...

25. Graz University of Technology
Educational Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
http://elearning.tugraz.at
martin.ebner@tugraz.at
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
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