This study explores effects of e-book and audio-book on EFL comprehension. It was conducted at a university in Korea with 75 college students. The whole experiment lasted for five weeks in 2020. To determine effectiveness of multiple modalities, participants were assigned to three different experimental groups: e-book, audio-book, and e-audio-book (a combination of e-book and audio-book) groups. While the e-book group was provided with passages in a text format, the audio group received the same passages in an audio format. The e-audio-book group was given both text and audio formats. At the beginning and end of the treatment, pretest and posttest were administered. As expected, the e-audio-book group benefited more than the other two groups in listening comprehension. However, they showed better performance in reading comprehension than the audio-book group only. Additionally, the e-book group performed better in reading comprehension compared to the audio-book group. Based on these findings, pedagogical implications are made.

전자책이 널리 보급됨에 따라 반사형 디스플레이 기반인 단말기의 수요도 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 책을 읽을 수 있는 종이책, E-ink 전자책, LCD 태블릿의 감성과 독서 상태를 비교했다. E-ink 전자책에 대한 소비자의 감성반응을 알아보기 위해 감성평가 후 독서 장치의 종류에 따른 가독성, 선호도 실험을 수행하였다. 실험은 화면으로만 판단할 수 있도록 마스크를 제작했으며 컨텐츠의 내용만 다르게 설정하고 모든 조건과 환경을 동일하게 하였다. 감성반 응 파악을 위한 감성어휘 실험에서는 의미분별법을 활용한 결과 LCD보다 E-ink 전자책을 종이와 가깝게 느끼는 것으로 나타났다. 가독성에 대한 선호도를 알아보기 위한 실험에서는 자기보고식 설문을 한 결과 LCD보다는 E-ink 전자책을 선호하였으며 E-ink 전자책보다는 종이를 선호하거나 비슷하게 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 사용자들이 E-ink 전자책을 종이와 비슷한 감성을 갖고 있으므로 E-ink 전자책이 종이책을 대체할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

This study will analyze the problems of the backward (obsolete) textbook contents and the stereotyped (imprisoned) teaching methods in classroom implemented by the Korean universities who teach advanced Mandarin conversation lesson in this digital era, and then put forward one possible solution called the model of “Flipped Learning”(“Flipped Classroom” is also included), which could teach advanced Mandarin conversation lesson by flexibly using Internet E-books. The existing education’s paradigm is discarded by teachers and students, and the textbooks’ role is changing rapidly and dramatically along with the education spread and knowledge diffusion via Internet. Through the flexible usage of the latest Internet E-books, not only the politics, economics, cultures, media and press of Chinese modern society could be known, but also our young generation (post 90s, post 00s)’s thought and vision. In a “Flipped Classroom” which gives conversation lesson, it could be expected that weak study will and motivation could be stimulated; uninterested and dull lessons could be inverted into spirit-lifting ones which contain endless lively activities; and those students who used to learn passively could maximize their ability to solve problems all by themselves in their learning process.

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effects of Clinical practice learning using a web-based e-book on nursing students' learning motivation, knowledge achievement and satisfaction with clinical practice. Methods: The participants in this study were 69 third-year nursing students (34 in the experimental and 35 in the control group) from a C-university in G-city, Korea, who were engaged in one-week clinical practicum in a gastroenterology ward. The data were analyzed by x²-test, Fisher's exact test, and t-test with the SPSS program 20.0. Results: After intervention, compared to the control group, the experimental group reported significant difference in Learning motivation (t=-3.61, p<.001), knowledge achievement(t=-2.92, p<.001), and satisfaction with clinical practice (t=-8.78, p<.001) in the training course using Mosby's nursing skills. Conclusion: These results identified that clinical practice learning using Mosby’s Nursing Skills was effective for the improvement of learning motivation, knowledge achievement and satisfaction with clinical practice. These results indicate that the implementation of an e-Learning needs to be continued as an effective educational tool. Also, it is needed to research more for better ways to implement e-Learning on students’ practicum.