电子课本在中国大学应用的调查与展望

The Survey and Prospect of Application for E-Textbooks in China Universities

电子课本建设是教育信息化建设的重要组成部分。国外电子课本首先施于高等教育,以大学生的课本资源存在,然后逐渐向基础教育靠拢;而我国电子课本无论理论研究还是应用实践都是围绕中小学展开,高校电子课本发展研究比较缓慢。高校电子课本发展可以为师生提供数字化教学资源和互动学习平台这一全新的学习环境,既是高等教育改革的需要,又能体现自主与互动学习,培养学生创新意识,增强实践与协作能力。因此,研究电子课本在高校应用面临的问题和可行性,具有非常重要的意义。在华东师范大学利用电子资源使用统计、问卷调查法和焦点小组法对大学生进行的调研和论证,证实电子课本是信息时代教材建设的必然趋势,是未来大学应用的发展潮流,但必须结合我国教育基本国情,关注设计、内容、出版和服务四个维度问题,以促进电子课本在高校中的推广。

E-Textbook is an important part of the education information. In foreign countries, e-Textbooks are first applied to higher education as textbook resources for university students, and then gradually move closer to the basic education. But in China, both theoretical researches and application practice of e-Textbooks are carried out in primary and secondary schools. Development research of e-Textbooks is relatively slow. E-Textbooks can provide for teachers and students a new learning environment consisting of digital teaching resources and interactive learning platform. It not only meets the needs of the higher education reform, but also reflects the independent and interactive learning, cultivates students＂ sense of innovation and enhances practice and collaboration capabilities. Therefore, it is significant to study the issue of application and feasibility of e-Textbook in China universities. This paper adopts the methods of electronic resources usage statistics, questionnaires and focus groups to make a survey in East China Normal University. It is confirmed in the research that e-Textbook is an inevitable trend of the construction of teaching materials in the information age and the development of the future university applications. However, the construction of e-Textbook must be combined with the basic national conditions of China＇s education, and attention must be paid to four dimensions of the issue, namely design, contents, pt{blishing and service in order to promote e-Textbooks in China universities.