Keynote at EdMedia 2019, 26.06.2019 in Amsterdam You can download the report this keynote is based on at https://www.ilz.ch/bericht (german only)

1. The Future of «Text»-Books in Schools
Prof. Dr. Beat Döbeli Honegger

3. disruption is
everywhere
change
is fast
disruption can
also destroy
technology
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4. The Future of «Text»-Books in Schools
Prof. Dr. Beat Döbeli Honegger

5. For teachers, school books
are often more important than
school curricula.

6. Books have shaped
todays society.

7. spoken language society
written language society
printing press society

8. spoken language society
written language society
printing press society

9. information society
spoken language society
written language society
printing press society

10. capture
save
process
automate
transmit
disseminate
Computer
Computer
Computer
Digitalization
Automation
Connectivity

11. Book
Book
Book
X
X
X
=
=
=
Digitalization
Automation
Connectivity

12. X =
Computer
What happens when we combine textbooks with computers?
What are the biggest potentials of digital textbooks?

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14. 14
text books digital text books

15. Some simple potentials of digital textbooks
less weight
more
space
easier to
distribute
full text
can be searched
supple-
mentable
updatable
better
accessibility

16. Book
Book
Book
X
X
X
=
=
=
Digitalization
Automation
Connectivity
Interactivity
(HCI)
Multimedia
Interaction
(HHI)

17. Book
X =
Automation Interactivity
(HCI)
Learning analytics

18. The potentials of digital textbooks for schools

19. Level 1
4-level model of digital textbooks as a political discussion aid
Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
conventional
textbook in printed
form
conventional
textbook in printed
form with digital
additives and/or a
digital edition
fully digitally
designed and
implemented
teaching ressources
digitally networked
designed and
implemented
teaching & learning
environment

20. multimedia
interactivity
interaction
lighter
better
accessibility
AR
more
space
simulation
VR
easier to
distribute
easier to
update
…
…
…
…
…

22. digital
potentials
prototypes
implementation
local
context

23. local
context
?In your home country,
how do textbooks get
into school?

24. prototypes
political
context
digital
potentials
legal
context
economic
context
technical
context

25. I. Textbooks differ from standard
books.
II. Digitalization may change things.
Considerations when moving from standard to digital
textbooks

26. political context
I. textbooks differ from standard books
governmental control for textbooks

27. governmental control for textbooks
political context
II. digitalization may change things
government loses control…

28. political context
II. digitalization may change things
past future
input control output control

29. legal context
I. textbooks differ from standard books
copyright:
special permissions
for schools

30. legal context
II. digitalization may change things
copyright:
special permissions
for schools

31. legal context
II. digitalization may change things
privacy
textbooks teachers & studentstextbooks student blog
web 2.0 / remix culture user generated context in textbooks
copyright:
special permissions
for schools data security & availability
free speech

32. economic context
I. textbooks differ from standard books
compulsory
consumption
partially closed
market

33. economic context
II. digitalization may change things
freemium flat rate
access instead
of ownership
long tail Arthurs law lock-in effectloss of marginal costs

34. economic context
II. digitalization may change things
level 1 level 2 level 3 level 4

35. technical context
II. digitalization may change things
students school cloud

36. prototypes
political
context
digital
potentials
legal
context
economic
context
technical
context

37. local
contextIt depends, even
in Switzerland…
In your home country,
how do textbooks get
into school?

38. local
contextIt depends, even
in Switzerland…
In your home country,
how do textbooks get
into school?

39. Report for Switzerland (german only)
www.ilz.ch/bericht

40. Scenarios for digital textbook ecosystems in Switzerland

41. Scenario: Government-funded Open Educational Resources

42. Scenario: Textbook flatrate by a foreign company

43. Scenario: Governmental store for digital textbooks

44. Scenario: One public publisher for textbooks

45. Scenario: SwissEdupedia – OER developed by teachers

46. Scenario: Data-focused development by the government

47. Liebig's law of the minimum applied to digital textbooks
finance
businessmodels
opennessfornewthings
digitalknow-how
equipment&support
internetbandwith
developmentprocesses
legalframework
minimum

48. Take home messages

49. 49Prof. Dr. Beat Döbeli Honegger
Schwyz University of Teacher Education
doebe.li/edmedia19
@beatdoebeli