iBooks Author: Potential, Pedagogical Meanings, and Implementation Challenges

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Abstract

This article discusses Apple’s iBooks Author, an application intended for textbook writers and publishers to create e-textbooks. This article provides insight on why IBA will change how we teach and learn as well as IBA’s potential, controversial issues, pedagogical meanings, and implementation challenges of using it as a classroom textbook. The article includes lessons learned from the leading countries in implementing e-textbooks in the classroom, such as South Korea and Malaysia.

Original languageAmerican English
Journal37th Annual Proceedings of Association for Educational Communications and Technology
StatePublished - Jan 1 2014

Disciplines

  • Educational Administration and Supervision
  • Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
  • Educational Leadership

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