(1459)THE USE OF E-BOOK AS A TEACHING RESOURCE IN THEUNIVERSITY

摘要

The new model of university education developed in The European Higher Education Area (E.H.E.A.)requires the design of intervention programs that facilitate the development of cross-curricularcompetences in the students. This change implies a deep review of teaching methodologies andmaterials in order to adapt the current education system to the correct development of these newcompetences.This work shows some aspects related to the critical analysis of the use of new Technologies relatedto the Information and Communication (I.T.C.) as a teaching resource in university education. Thedata have been obtained from the evaluation of the project called “Implementation of e-book pilotexperience at the University of Jaen (Spain) integrated with the platform for virtual teaching”(Implantacion de la experiencia piloto del libro electronico en la Universidad de Jaen (Espana)integrado con la plataforma de docencia virtual).The study was carried out with students registered in the subjects “Access to Information” and“Language Engineering” that are taught at the University of Jaen.The steps of the research have been: first, raise the problem under study. Second, define theobjectives of the research. Third, make a bibliographic review that indicates the best procedure to befollowed.The main objectives of this research are "Find out the knowledge that university students has about ebook”and “Know the opinion of university students about e-book as teaching material”. The procedureof systematization and analysis of the data followed is based on a quantitative paradigm. The methodused is hypothetical-deductive. Thus, a descriptive study (a survey) has been done using thetechnique of the questionnaire to obtain information about the use of the e-book by students. Twodimensions, one concerning didactic aspects and other related to technical factors involving the use ofthe e-book have been selected.As conclusions, almost 100% of students prefer to use the e-book, and only a few students opt to usethe hard copy as support material in lessons. It also notes that the use of the e-book facilitates thestudy of the subjects.