This presentation is a response to one of the tasks of E-BookEvo 2014 with the focus on design principles of an ideal digital textbook

1. My Perfect Digital Book
by Asli Saglam (@aslilidice)
Exploring Transformation of Books in the Digital Age

2. Ebookevo 2014
Raised my
awareness
regarding
future of
textbooks &
triggered many
questions

3. How will the digital age transform textbooks?
• Future of the Textbook
by Andre Spang

4. Students writing books 
Students ‘ involvement
A top seller digital book in
Apple iBookstore by
Andrea Santilli and her
seventh graders
at Woodlawn Beach Middle
School ; Creatures, Plants
and More: A Kids Guide to
Northwest Florida

5. Teachers as guides & facilitators in the transition
• A project by Debora
Tebovich; Students
creating their own ETextbooks
• A webinar by Andre
Spang about how his
students created Wikisites
and iBooks

6. What’s the ideal design for perfect EBook?

7. Offers more than a textbook

8. Utilizes multi-modalities
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Songs
Videos
Podcasts
Vodcasts
Oral & written
texts
• Photographs
• Links to
opensources
• ...etc.

9. • Provides links to resources
• Has downloadable content
• Offers easy navigation & search
options
• Has learner friendly layout,
organisation & colorful design

10. Provides
students
with
opportunities
to
interact, pers
onalise &
construct
meaning

11. Dreaming of my ideal E-book...
Some e-Book creation
sites
• Suggestions by Cybraryman
• Calibre
• TextAdventures
• Making PDF interactive
• Apple