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The Future of «Text»-Books in Schools
Keynote at EdMedia 2019
Amsterdam, 26.06.2019
My Amsterdam Keynote Souvenir
My Learnings up to now
The Future of «Text»-Books in Schools
School books are often more important than school curricula
books have shaped today's society
new communication media have each established a new epoch
Lectures as copying processes before the print press
Information society
The three main functions of computers
What happens when we combine textbooks with computers?
Please discuss: What happens when we combine textbooks with computers?
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Some simple potentials of digital textbooks
The three dimensions of digital textbooks
Laerning Analytics as one example
The potentials of digital textbooks for schools
4-level model of digital textbooks as a political discussion aid
The edtech view of digital textbooks
Digital textbooks are icebergs
Under the sea level ...
Please discuss: Ho do textbooks get into school in your country?
4 contexts to be aware of
Considerations when moving from standard to digital textbooks
political context I: textbooks differ from standard books
political context II: digitalization may change things
political context II: digitalization may change things
legal context I: textbooks differ from standard books
legal context II: digitalization may change things
legal context II: digitalization may change things
economic context I: textbooks differ from standard books
economic context II. digitalization may change things
economic context II: digitalization may change things
technical context II: digitalization may change things
Four contexts to be aware of
It depends...
... even in Switzerland
Report for Switzerland (german only)
Scenarios for digital textbook ecosystems in Switzerland
Scenario: Government-funded Open Educational Resources
Scenario: Textbook flatrate by a foreign company
Scenario: Governmental store for digital textbooks
Scenario: One public publisher for textbooks
Scenario: SwissEdupedia – OER developed by teachers
Scenario: Data-focused development by the government
Liebig's law of the minimum applied to digital textbooks
Take home messages
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