Slides for OUP webinar

1. Making the most of e-books for
academic skills
Sean Dowling
Educational Technology Coordinator, HCT

2. About the presenter
• Worked in Japan, Germany, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and the
UAE;
• First 10 years as a software developer;
• Last 15 years in education;
• Alternated between EFL and Ed Tech over last 10 years.

3. Today’s webinar
• The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT)
• eBooks at HCT
• SAMR model (Puentedura, 2006)
• OUPs Bookshelf App and OUP eBooks
• Improvements

4. About the Higher Colleges of Technology
(HCT)
• Federal, third-level institution in the United Arab Emirates;
• 20,000 students spread over 17 campuses;
• Very heavy focus on technology
• All students have laptops;
• iPads in foundation programme and year 1;
• eBooks

5. Why e-books at HCT?
• develop and use media literacy skills;
• enhance teaching and learning;
• rich and improved reading experience;
• anytime, anywhere learning;
• sustainability and efficiency;

6. eBooks at HCT
• Pilot in 2012/13 academic year;
• 2013/14 academic year
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No paper-based textbooks;
150,000 eBooks purchased;
6 publisher platforms;
2 aggregators.

7. “Simply capitalizing on new technology is
not enough; the new [pedagogical] models
must use these tools and services to engage
students on a deeper level.”
(Horizon Report, 2013, p.9)

8. Puentedura’s SAMR Model
Puentedura’s (2006) SAMR model

9. Types of eBooks at HCT
• 1st generation eTexts
• simple PDFs
• 2nd generation eTexts
• Bookmarking, notetaking, more effective searching, etc
• 3rd generation eTexts (e.g OUP’s Bookshelf app)
• Even greater level of interactivity
• Uses Spindle platform

10. OUP Bookshelf – iPad and Android

11. eBook and SAMR – Substitution Level

13. Augmentation Level – Functional Improvements
zoom feature - useful for students with visual impairments
embedded audio and video - students can listen/view multiple times
voice sticky note
table of contents, search and jump to quickly find and move to the
required page
type-in exercises with auto score
split screen capability to enable videos/texts to be viewed/read while
viewing the questions
advanced audio allows the audio speed to be adjusted, the audio to be
clipped into manageable pieces and for students to record and compare
their recording with the original
mail tool allows students to send a screenshot of type-in exercises to
teacher (or any email recipient)
web links - link to the Q Skills practice site

14. Voice
Sticky
Note

15. Table of
Contents

16. Search Tool

17. Jump Tool

18. Auto Score

19. Auto Score

20. Video
Split
Screen

21. Text
Split
Screen

22. Audio
Split
Screen

23. Advanced Audio

24. Mail tool
700 kb

25. 1.6 Mb

26. Web Links

27. Some teacher concerns
• Note taking
• Keyboard skills
• Linked vocabulary and audio

28. Modification and Redefinition
Some ideas
• Allow for social networking
• Facebook, Twitter or OUP course blogs;
• Use the computer/apps to expand on eBook
activities

29. References
• Johnson, L., Adams, S., and Cummins, M. (2012). The NMC
Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas:
The New Media Consortium. http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2012horizon-report-HE.pdf.
• Puentedura, R. (2006). Transformation, Technology, and
Education. Presentation given August 18, 2006 as part of the
Strengthening Your District Through Technology workshops,
Maine, US. http://hippasus.com/resources/tte/part1.html.
• Puentedura, R. (2011): Thinking About Change in Learning and
Technology. Presentation given September 25, 2012 at the 1st
Global Mobile Learning Conference, Al Ain, UAE.
http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/2012/04/10/iP
ad_Intro.pdf.

30. Thank you
• Any questions?