出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：E - text books provide flexibility for individuals , especially college students , when purchasing text books for college classes. The purpose of this study is to de termine if e - textbook s affect college student learning. However, a dditional research questions must be answered : what percentage of college students is purchasing e - textbooks. D o college students prefer using e - textbooks to a print/ physical textbook (p - textbook) . Will e - textbooks replace p - textbooks within the next five years . Does owning an electronic reader affect student learning . Answeri ng these five research question s , as well as three additional questions , involved comparing data collected via survey from 395 students at two academic institutions during the Spring 201 3 semester . T his explanatory study yielded five significant findings ; however, the main result concluded that 37% of college students feel e - textbooks have a positive effect on their learning and 41% state no difference on the effect of their learning. Overall, t h e research in this study should be used to inform the i nfor mation s ystems com munity and individuals working in education because students' study habits will change dramatically within the next five years . These changes result from the majority of students own ing an e - reader, purchasing e - textbooks , and the positive impact these two technologies has on education
关键词：Digital Book ; ; ; Electronic Readers; E ; - ; Readers ; ; E ; - ; Textbooks; E ; - ; Books; ; ; Tablet PCs; ; College Studen ; ts
