Middle School Student Behavior In The Utilization Of Electronic Books

Abstract

Center for Curriculum and Books Ministry of Education and Culture has launched electronic books through web portal http://buku.kemdikbud.go.id/ The book were still based on text and images (the first generation electronic books) however has helped teachers and students in learning. Since then electronic books began to be developed by publishers, communities, and other institutions. The fast growing use of Internetamong students hasturned the electronic books into an alternative of quality learning resources. This study aims to determine the behavior of junior high school students in the use of electronic books. Survey conducted in the cities of Jakarta, Bandung, Jogjakarta, Denpasar, and Banda Aceh, stated that the intensity of the use of electronic books by junior high school students is known to almost half 47 percent already using electronic books. From the study reveals that the demands of students in the development of electronic books are not only based on text and images, but also based on video/animation, audio, simulation, and augmented reality. The results of the Spearman correlation test shown that the factors that affect the intensity of the use of electronic books are students' attitudes toward electronic books, the intensity of the teacher's lesson assignments, self motivation to use electronic books, encouragement from schoolmates, and the level of parental education in this case is the mother. Therefore, electronic books especially those developed by the government need to be continuously improved in accordance with the demands of students and optimize the characteristics of electronic books. On the other hand, socialization about electronics books especially for teachers, students, and parents is very important also.