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Ready, Set, Jump - An Interactive eBook Designed to Awaken the Aspirations of Primary School Students
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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, Vol.1, pp.185-192
2015
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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
- Creators
- Uwe Terton (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastRuth Greenaway (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Contributors
- M. Helfert (Editor of compilation) - Dublin City UniversityM. T. Restivo (Editor of compilation) - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoS. Zvacek (Editor of compilation) - University of DenverJ. Uhomoibhi (Editor of compilation) - University of Ulster
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Vol.1, pp.185-192
- Comment
- Conference code: 112656 Export Date: 6 August 2021 (INSTICC)
- Publisher
- SciTePress
- Identifiers
- 991012952899302368
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Teaching and Learning; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding