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E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study

The advent of internet technology has made digital content widely accessible to everyone. However, previous studies showed that the uptake of e-books has been slow. This study attempts to investigate on the e-book usage of Multimedia University students. An online survey is conducted on 86 students...

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Main Authors: P.F., Chong, Y.P., Lim, S.W., Ling
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2008
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LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling my.uum.repo.113702014-07-24T07:22:29Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/11370/ E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study P.F., Chong Y.P., Lim S.W., Ling LB2300 Higher Education The advent of internet technology has made digital content widely accessible to everyone. However, previous studies showed that the uptake of e-books has been slow. This study attempts to investigate on the e-book usage of Multimedia University students. An online survey is conducted on 86 students to gauge their perception and acceptance of an e-book. Results showed that e-book usage is still not encouraging, where only 52.3% of the respondents have read an e-book. This paper sheds on some hardware and onscreen design factors that hinder the adoption of e-books in the institution. 2008-06-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/11370/1/369-374-CR160.pdf P.F., Chong and Y.P., Lim and S.W., Ling (2008) E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study. In: Knowledge Management International Conference 2008 (KMICe2008), 10-12 June 2008, Langkawi, Malaysia. http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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P.F., Chong
Y.P., Lim
S.W., Ling
E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study
description The advent of internet technology has made digital content widely accessible to everyone. However, previous studies showed that the uptake of e-books has been slow. This study attempts to investigate on the e-book usage of Multimedia University students. An online survey is conducted on 86 students to gauge their perception and acceptance of an e-book. Results showed that e-book usage is still not encouraging, where only 52.3% of the respondents have read an e-book. This paper sheds on some hardware and onscreen design factors that hinder the adoption of e-books in the institution.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author P.F., Chong
Y.P., Lim
S.W., Ling
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Y.P., Lim
S.W., Ling
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title E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study
title_short E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study
title_full E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study
title_fullStr E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study
title_full_unstemmed E-book scenario in Malaysia tertiary education: A case study
title_sort e-book scenario in malaysia tertiary education: a case study
publishDate 2008
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/11370/1/369-374-CR160.pdf
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http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my
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