The use of electronic textbooks in professional education (foreign experience)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25726/r9753-1015-4535-wKeywords:
Electronic textbook, digital textbook, digital pedagogy tools, interactivity, educational technologies, mobile learning, higher education, vocational educationAbstract
The article examines the foreign experience of using electronic textbooks in vocational education. The author draws attention to studies that consider the problems of advantages and disadvantages of using digital textbooks in the educational process, their functions and didactic properties. The attitude towards electronic textbooks on the part of participants in the educational process gradually changed. If, according to a 2011 study, students did not see much difference between paper and digital textbooks, then by 2019 one can see a more positive attitude towards the latter, especially those that contain interactive elements. The works of E. Arenas, A. Barr, E. Dobler present views on the functions of electronic textbooks. The article discusses the typology of textbooks proposed by E. Arenas, A. The authors distinguish digital copies of paper textbooks, electronic textbooks with some interactive functions and textbooks in the form of mobile applications with access to cloud programs. Some attention is paid to articles that consider the didactic features of digital textbooks, in particular, the possibilities of electronic textbooks in assessing and monitoring the level of students' preparation for the course, the features of such textbooks as means of educational activity, their role in the development of information literacy, critical thinking, analytical skills, readiness to solve educational tasks – qualities that are necessary in the information society.
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