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Re-conceptualising E-textbooks: In Search for a Descriptive Framework

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New Horizons in Web Based Learning (ICWL 2014)

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The goal of this workshop paper is to present our first steps towards reconceptualising e-textbooks in the context of a research and development project called Learnmix. We propose an initial descriptive framework that helps us to gain a comprehensive understanding of students as active constructors of their knowledge while operating with numerous (digital) content items and mediating artefacts.

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This research has been produced in the context of LEARNMIX project (No RU/3013) funded by Archimedes Foundation.

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  1. Centre for Educational Technology, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

    Terje Väljataga & Sebastian H. D. Fiedler

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  1. IMC AG, SaarbrĂĽcken, Germany

    Yiwei Cao

  2. Institute of Informatics, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

    Terje Väljataga

  3. Department of Computer Science, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Tseung Kwan, Hong Kong SAR

    Jeff K.T. Tang

  4. Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

    Howard Leung

  5. Institute of Informatics, Centre for Educational Technology, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

    Mart Laanpere

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Väljataga, T., Fiedler, S.H.D. (2014). Re-conceptualising E-textbooks: In Search for a Descriptive Framework. In: Cao, Y., Väljataga, T., Tang, J., Leung, H., Laanpere, M. (eds) New Horizons in Web Based Learning. ICWL 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8699. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13296-9_29

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