User Interface Design of Digital Textbooks

Dr. Elena Railean is a researcher and lecturer in the field of applied learning theory and design. She was graduated in 1987 from the State University of Moldova. In 2012, she was awarded her PhD on the topic of psychopedagogical fundaments of digital textbook (published as Psychopedagogical bases of electronic textbook development, by LUMEN in 2015 as an award of Minister of National Education, Romania). She conducted Erasmus IANUS postdoctoral project ‘Learning theory and metacognitive strategies’. Through her postdoctoral studies, Elena Railean has been actively involved in various scientific activities, such as Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (2014); Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Innovations for Sustainable Development (2014); COST expert (since 2015); Scientific Committee of International Conference on Sciences of Education ICSED 2015 and others. She has been an associate editor of eLearning Romania since 2014, Problems of Education in the 21st Century (2015), Excellence in Research and Innovation for Humanity (2015), and others. The usefulness of proposed book to the reader is based on interdisciplinary area of educational technology, pedagogy, learning theories, instructional design, including digital textbook.

“The author discusses the transition from using printed books to ebooks in education, and how the design of user interfaces (UI) for displaying those ebooks affects learning. … Some of the book’s glossary definitions and references can be useful for students and scholars who are doing research on technology in education, learning management systems, e-learning, and related areas. … Overall, the book includes important references and glossary definitions.” (Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz, Computing Reviews, February, 2017)

• Impact of digital revolution on literacy.- Digital screen and digital natives.- User interface design features of digital textbooks.- Critical thinking in user interfaces design.- Creativity with digital textbooks.