The Use of Ebook as an Instructional Tool: The St. Paul University Philippines Experience

Abstract

Technology has changed education and how educators can
leverage new educational tools to personalize learning, encourage
collaboration, and prepare students for the future. Technology, too, is
one of the hallmarks of the 21st century learners. This study would like
to document the use of eBook as an instructional tool which includes
the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of teachers, parents and students,
as well as their practices, problems encountered and suggestions. The
quantitative approach, particularly descriptive research design was
employed to document the knowledge, skills, attitudes, practices,
experiences, views, and suggestions of students, teachers and parents
on the utilization of eBooks in the instructional process. In the study,
there are three groups of participants: teachers handling Grade
7-10, students from the Science section and parents. Questionnaire as
well as interview protocol were used as research instruments. For
data analysis, frequency and percentage, mean, ANOVA, and thematic
analysis were employed. Results of the study revealed that most of
the student-participants are 15 years old and grade 9. Majority of the
teacher-participants are female with ages ranging from 21-25, handling
grade 9 and taught Mathematics subjects. With regard to parentparticipants,
majority are female, at age 41 and above, have access to
formal education in tertiary level and business owners. Furthermore,
the student and teacher-participants’ knowledge on the use of eBook
are “very high,” while that of the parent-participants are “high.” On the
other hand, all participants have “high” skills and “highly favorable”
attitudes on the use of eBooks.