Conference paper
Ready, Set, Jump: An interactive eBook designed to awaken the aspirations of primary school students
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, pp.185-192
International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU), 7th (Lisbon, Portugal, 23-May-2015–25-May-2015)
SciTePress
2015
Abstract
The Commonwealth government and the university sector have acknowledged the low participation rate of students from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds in post-school education and training. Various strategies and approaches have been developed over time to increase the number of students from this group participating in tertiary education, with varied success. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of an educational electronic book (eBook) which is being used as a tool in the My Tertiary Education Day (MyTED) program. The program encourages primary aged students to consider tertiary education opportunities through the use of the eBook titled "Ready, Set, Jump". By leveraging the positive learning outcomes that can be achieved through the interaction with multimedia teaching content combined with a compelling story and an appealing design, the MyTED eBook encourages students to think about their aspirations. During the MyTED program the ways in which an eBook containing a story about aspirations can encourage primary school students to aspire to participate in tertiary education is investigated. The eBook encourages children to reflect critically on their aspirations, work individually and collectively on interactive activities, critique a series of videos and develop an affinity towards digital literacy.
Details
- Title
- Ready, Set, Jump: An interactive eBook designed to awaken the aspirations of primary school students
- Authors
- Uwe Terton (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessRuth Greenaway (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Contributors
- Markus Helfert (Editor)Maria Teresa Restivo (Editor)Susan Zvacek (Editor)James Uhomoibhi (Editor)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, pp.185-192
- Conference details
- International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU), 7th (Lisbon, Portugal, 23-May-2015–25-May-2015)
- Publisher
- SciTePress
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.5220/0005405201850192
- ISBN
- 9789897581076
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2015 The Authors. The author's accepted version is reproduced here with kind permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449210002621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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