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Exploring the Evolution of Commercial eBook Systems: iBooks, Inquire, and the Future of Education

This document provides an insightful overview of commercial eBook systems, focusing on Apple’s iBooks and the innovative Inquire app. It discusses the features of iBooks 2, including interactive textbooks and the iBooks Author tool that empowers educators to create custom content. Additionally, it compares Apple's and Amazon's eReaders, evaluates market shares, and highlights the potential for iBooks to change the landscape of education. The text probes the limitations of traditional textbooks, encouraging a discussion on the future of e-learning and interactive content.

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Exploring the Evolution of Commercial eBook Systems: iBooks, Inquire, and the Future of Education

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  1. Commercial eBook Systems Maoyuan Sun 2/22/2012

  2. Outline • Introduction of Commercial eBook Systems • iBooks & iBooks Authors App • Inquire App • A Discussion Topic

  3. Amazon or Apple?

  4. Component of eBook Systems

  5. Commercial eReaders

  6. Commercial eReaders

  7. Commercial eReaders

  8. Commercial eReaders

  9. Most Common eBooks File format • .pdf • .epub • .txt • .html • .rtf • .doc • .mobi

  10. Market Share of eReaders

  11. Market Share of Tablet

  12. iBooks

  13. What is iBooks? • An application by Apple Inc. • First announced in conjunction with the iPad on January 27, 2010. iBook 2 was announced on January 19, 2012. • “Introducing an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, current, engrossing, and truly interactive. A textbook created by publishers using a new authoring tool from Apple. A textbook brought to life by iPad.”

  14. iBooks 2 Features • Multi-Touch textbooks • Filled with interactive features, diagrams, photos, and videos • Tap to dive into images with interactive captions, rotate 3D objects, swipe through image galleries, watch videos in full screen • Use a finger as a highlighter when swiping over text in a textbook • Study Cards, notes, and glossary terms • Tap glossary terms to see definitions of key topics and concepts without leaving the page

  15. iBooks 2 –-Voice from Apple http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/index.html#video-textbooks

  16. How These Books Are Made --iBooks Author • Beginning with templates • Building a book is as easy as dragging and dropping. • Customize with a click. • Add widgets & interest. • Accessibility built right in. • Get the word out.

  17. iBooks Author –- Voice from Apple http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/

  18. iBooks Author –- Voice from the educator 5 Ways iBooks Author Changes the Education Landscape: • Custom Courseware • A Content Ecosystem • Student-Owned Content • iPad Based Software • Innovation in Presentation

  19. Another App - Inquire

  20. What is Inquire? • An eTextbook, integrating a reasoning system and a rich biology knowledge base. • The question answering capability is provided by Aura system, which runs on a remote server. • Aura uses a knowledge representation and reasoning system that combines description logics and logic programs.

  21. Design of Inquire

  22. Inquire eBooks

  23. Inquire eBooks

  24. Inquire eBooks

  25. iBooks - Revolutionize Education? • iBooks is inventive, but reinventing is a long way from revolutionizing. • The essence of a textbook remains: a linear, monolithic body of knowledge. • Any linear, chapter-based textbook format is an anachronism. • Textbooks are a broken form of knowledge acquisition.

  26. Discussion or Comments What is your opinion about iBooks for education?

  27. Reference • Comparison of e-book readers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers. • IDC: Apple leads tablet market, Amazon e-readers, http://betanews.com/2011/01/18/idc-apple-leads-tablet-market-amazon-e-readers/. • Strategy Analytics: Apple iOS Captures 61 Percent Share of Global Tablet Shipments in Q2 2011, http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110721005317/en/Strategy-Analytics-Apple-iOS-Captures-61-Percent • iBooks, http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/.

  28. Reference • Apple launches iBooks 2 digital textbooks, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57361833-17/apple-launches-ibooks-2-digital-textbooks/. • Spaulding, A., Overholtzer, A., Pacheco J., Tien J. and Chaudhri, V. K., Gunning D., and Clark, P. Inquire for iPad: Bringing Question-Answering AI into the Classroom. International Conference on AI in Education (AIED), 2011. • 5 Ways iBooks Author Changes the Education Landscape http://www.mrkeenan.com/?p=1709. • iBooks is not the education revolution you've been looking for http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/30/ibooks-is-not-the-education-revolution-youve-been-looking-for/.

  29. Reference • Will Textbooks for iPad Change Education? http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/01/20/will-textbooks-for-ipad-change-education/. • iPad a solid education tool, study reports, http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/tech/innovation/ipad-solid-education-tool/index.html?iref=allsearch.

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