A Study on eTextbook Development for Mobile Learning in a University

Submitted:July 24, 2015 1 st Revision:November 24, 2015 Accepted:November 27, 2015 * 단국대학교 교양교육대학 교양학부 강의전담 조교수 ** 단국대학교 교양교육대학 교양학부 조교수, 교신저자 *** 단국대학교 교양교육대학 교양학부 조교수 The purpose of this study is to develop the eTextbook and to explore the usability of the eTextbook for accelerating mobile learning in university. This study was primarily based on needs analysis of students, and eTextbook was created based on digital publishing through Adobe DPS. The major design principles of the eTextbook based on previous studies were as follow. First, eTextbook should deliver learning contents in a simple and systematic way. Second, eTextbook should induce student’s flows by providing segmented learning contents and various learning resources. Third, eTextbook should expand information accessibility by providing a wide variety of multimedia functions. The development principles of eTextbook have been developed based on cognitive psychology. Location and function of the link or icon used for eTextbook have been developed on the basis of the principles of cognitive psychology. The main development principles were Coherence, Signaling, Redundancy, Segmentation, Multimedia principle, and so on. In order to examine usability of the developed eTextbook, experts’ and learners’ reactions were evaluated. The primary responses of learners are that the eTextbook increased the learning accessibility and provided various multimedia factors, and thus increased the learning flows in the class. Keyword:Mobile Learning, eTextbook, Ebook, Design Principles, Cognitive Psychology 韓國IT서비스學會誌 第14卷 第4號 2015年 12月, pp.237-256 238 Hyojung Jung.Eunhwa Chon.Eung-Kyo Suh