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Investigating the adoption of electronic books for teaching and learning in rural public secondary schools

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Digital transformation has shown remarkable development by digitising traditional books into electronic books or e-books. Various publishing industries and academic libraries globally see e-books as a golden bullet. In addition, most academic libraries widely adopt e-books, scholars and tertiary institution students. However, most rural public secondary schools have a shortage of printed books. Rural public schools, based on literature, are not taking advantage of the availability of e-books because there is low adoption of digital books in these schools. The study investigated how rural public secondary schools use e-books in teaching and learning. To achieve this aim, data were collected from teachers and students from rural public secondary schools using a survey. In addition, IBM SPSS Statistics was used to analyse the collected data. The study has revealed that rural public secondary school teachers and their students are unaware and have little to no knowledge about e-books.

Source: Perspectives in Education

DOI: 10.38140/pie.v43i4.8028

Authors: Masindi Randima, Nkhangweni Lawrence Mashau

Institution: University of Venda

Language: English

Topic: Library Collection Development and Digital Resources

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $190