Smart Move to Digital: the 3rd generation of Digital Textbooks by Dr. Dovi Weiss, Chief Scientist, Time to Know
pptx file of the presentation at the
EVA/Minerva Jerusalem International Conference on Digitisation of Culture,
Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, 12-13 November 2013
http://www.digital-heritage.org.il
Presentations available at: http://2013.minervaisrael.org.il
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We need digital textbooks to address these issues:
Irrelevant Lecturing
Format
1 Way Fits None
1 Teacher
1 Set of Learning Materials
1 Way of Teaching/Learning
30+ Different Children
Assessment is too late
Too Few
Evaluation Events
Correction Cycle is
Too Long
Low Level of Engagement
Chalk and Talk
Passive Listening
Drill and Kill
Digital Gap Between
School and Real Life
Lack of 21st Skills
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Digital representation is not enough:
Moving towards the third generation
1
PDF Reader
provides text
2
3
PDF + Links
provides extras
Modular & Interactive
Learning Objects
which organized as
full curriculum
Empowered by
Teaching & Learning & Assessment
Platform
8. Cost Effective
Content Generation Studio (CGS)
Full support for the content life cycle
Optimize Content Creation
Leverage existing content assets
“Born digital”
Automatic conversion of digital formats
into smart, interactive, HTML5 content
Intuitive, easy to use solution
No programming skills required
Tablet ready and device agnostic
Create once, run on many
Content
Life Cycle