Conceptual: Digital Book in the Era of Digital Learning Approaches (DLA)

Abstract

Nowadays, the advancement of ICT has been reached all over the world with tremendous influences, particularly in an educational world. In this digital age, for instance, there is an innovation of learning resources based on technology. They are electronic books (e-books) or digital books. The features of digital books such as multimodal components (text, audio, animation, and video) become more desirable than the printed books, although the current research often shows the constraint toward the effectiveness of the electronic books in reading comprehension. The digital books provide an interactive aspect of self-regulated learning in the context of distance learning. This article proposes a literature review of the existing studies around digital books in an educational environment. The result of review revealed that the effectiveness of the digital book for learning purposes depends on several factors that are the curriculum development appropriateness, students' prior knowledge of technology, and adults' role as facilitators in a learning activity.