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Electronic textbooks replace paper textbooks in doubt

The popularization of electronic books and tablets has brought changes and shocks to modern education while bringing about a change in personal life. According to the Cleveland market consultancy survey, the world has so far at least 50 countries to promote electronic textbooks, "electronic schoolbags" education application for a time to become the world trend.

Some people in the industry said that the electronic teaching materials not only save costs, but also improve learning initiative and learning interest, stimulate students ' thirst for knowledge and innovation. But this new teaching model has also been questioned by many experts and parents: can electronic textbooks really replace the paper textbooks? Does its application really improve academic performance? These questioning voices have forced some countries to slow down the "digital process" and explore new educational models in the digital context.

Korea and America Day: 3 years later, an electronic textbook

The fastest-growing country for electronic textbooks is South Korea. The South Korean government announced last June that it would produce 2 billion of dollars to develop electronic textbooks. It is planned that, by 2015, paper textbooks for all schools in South Korea will be replaced by electronic textbooks. It is reported that after the implementation of this policy, students will use the school to release the tablet computer, through a cloud computing system to obtain multi-media form of all paperless learning materials, as well as additional learning content.

The United States is also methodically promoting electronic textbooks in the states. March 29 This year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the Ministry of Education convened Apple, Intel and other companies to meet to discuss the development of concrete measures, plans for the next 5 years in the United States K-12 public schools to popularize digital textbooks.

As the first electronic textbook in Japan, the Ministry of Communications began in October 2010 in Japan, 10 primary schools in the electronic textbook Trial program. The 10 pupils in the school were each equipped with a tablet computer, and an interactive blackboard was installed in the classrooms, and the participating schools were increased to 50 in 2011. The government eventually plans to have an electronic textbook for each pupil in Japan by 2015.

In Singapore, as early as 1999, the Ministry of Education developed a portable e-reader with two technology companies that allows students to store and retrieve textbooks in English, maths and literature.

Advantages and interests of the province cost

Education experts in South Korea believe that the electronic textbooks to the teaching from the traditional mode of indoctrination into students to actively search for electronic devices to learn, stimulate students ' interest in learning and initiative.

For students, electronic books help students to achieve distance learning and study at any time, and for teachers, they are more like "companions" in the educational process and to achieve teaching in an interactive manner; for the government, one of the great benefits of implementing electronic textbooks is to save money. The cost of paper printing is much higher than the electronic textbook and to repeat the purchase, electronic textbooks can be recycled.

Disadvantage "internet addiction" more difficult to ring

The opposition to electronic textbooks has also been heard. The first is the problem of "internet addiction". South Korea's Ministry of Education officials have questioned whether tablet computers, which become mandatory teaching tools, rely more on networks and electronic devices. According to the survey, 5-year-old ~9 age group of South Korean children, every 12 people have 1 people have "internet addiction." In addition, there is no evidence that electronic materials can improve learning efficiency and quality.