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Using an e-book platform as a learning resource and information management tool: the case study of the “K” e-book platform at an English business school

Using an e-book platform as a learning resource and information management tool: the case study... This paper aims to present an insight into the introduction of an e-textbook’s learning platform for online students residing in Asia by an English Business School. This platform also generated a range of data analytics that provided teachers with an understanding of how their students interact with learning materials.Design/methodology/approachThis paper interrogated the data generated through students’ interaction with the e-books learning platform, as well as students’ feedback via a questionnaire. The data generated are presented in a series of diagrams.FindingsThis paper makes links between self-regulated theory and how e-textbooks are used by students. The findings also offer tentative support for the use of e-books platforms as both a learning resource and a mechanism to obtain learning analytics.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper contributes to the wider discourse of the use of learning analytics and how information technology may align with self-regulated learning.Originality/valueThis paper represents a contribution to the developing field of research related to learning analytics and how students manage their use of information technology. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png On the Horizon Emerald Publishing

Using an e-book platform as a learning resource and information management tool: the case study of the “K” e-book platform at an English business school

On the Horizon , Volume 27 (1): 12 – Mar 12, 2019

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1074-8121
DOI
10.1108/oth-06-2018-0021
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Abstract

This paper aims to present an insight into the introduction of an e-textbook’s learning platform for online students residing in Asia by an English Business School. This platform also generated a range of data analytics that provided teachers with an understanding of how their students interact with learning materials.Design/methodology/approachThis paper interrogated the data generated through students’ interaction with the e-books learning platform, as well as students’ feedback via a questionnaire. The data generated are presented in a series of diagrams.FindingsThis paper makes links between self-regulated theory and how e-textbooks are used by students. The findings also offer tentative support for the use of e-books platforms as both a learning resource and a mechanism to obtain learning analytics.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper contributes to the wider discourse of the use of learning analytics and how information technology may align with self-regulated learning.Originality/valueThis paper represents a contribution to the developing field of research related to learning analytics and how students manage their use of information technology.

Journal

On the HorizonEmerald Publishing

Published: Mar 12, 2019

Keywords: Andragogy; Online learning; Learning analytics; Business school; Self-Regulated learning; e-books platform

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