Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify the effectiveness of the use of e-textbooks implemented in undergraduate programs at Ajman university from the faculty member’s perspective. The quantitative study applied an analytical descriptive approach on faculty member’s participants (128) from a variety of colleges, in the first academic semester of 2017/2018. The results of the study showed that there is a medium degree of application of e-textbooks and that e-textbooks have an average medium impact on student achievement. The results also showed that the degree of application vary from the perspective of faculty members’ according to gender which was in favor of the female, and according to college variable was in favor of the Business Administration college. Further, the results showed that there are not statistically significant differences according to Academic rank variable and experience variable. The faculty members agree on the need to develop and improve the features and requirements of e-textbooks that have been applied. The findings led to recommendations including the implementation of a training program on e-textbooks for the faculty members’ and students focusing on the features applications and options of e-textbooks.
Highlights
The world is recently witnessing a rapid scientific and technical leap, especially as we enter the twenty-first century, which has reflected our lives in all of its different aspects, such as health, social, educational, political, economic and other fields
First question: How do faculty members perceive the effectivity of e-textbooks in undergraduate programs at Ajman university? To answer this question, the means computations and standard deviations of the responses of the research sample of faculty members were calculated on each item of the instrument and were arranged in descending order according to their means, as shown in table 5
Second question: How has e-textbooks affected the achievement level of students at Ajman university? To answer this question, the means computations and standard deviations of the responses of the research sample of faculty members were calculated on each item of the instrument and were arranged in descending order according to their means, as shown in table 6
Summary
The world is recently witnessing a rapid scientific and technical leap, especially as we enter the twenty-first century, which has reflected our lives in all of its different aspects, such as health, social, educational, political, economic and other fields. Plangsorn and Poopan [1] stated that in our daily lives there is more progressive educational technology, due to the rapid development of ICTs. Today’s many sources of learning such as, E-books, social media, virtual classes, and massive open online courses (MOOC) are available to both educators and learners. Today’s many sources of learning such as, E-books, social media, virtual classes, and massive open online courses (MOOC) are available to both educators and learners This is confirmed by Thomas [2] where he pointed out, that the adoption of digital textbooks or e-textbooks in schools and universities is expected to grow at a high rate. The change occurred across one semester at the university from introduction to implementation and all faculty members were required to adopt to this new approach of teaching and learning
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