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Developing an E-Book-Based Learning Platform Toward Higher Education for All

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While higher education rapidly grows worldwide, regional differences widen the digital divide. Our Creative Higher Education with Learning Objects (CHiLO), an e-book-based learning platform, aims to provide opportunities in higher education for developing countries or rural areas that have restricted digital literacy, digital devices, learning resources, and quality of networks. CHiLO provides an adaptable learning environment corresponding to diversification and flexibility in online courses such as massive open online courses (MOOCs) using device-agnostic m-learning centered on e-books with media-rich content. CHiLO also aims at a comprehensive open network learning system through the use of various existing technologies and various learning resources, including OER on open network communities such as SNS. Our set of experimental outcomes demonstrates the efficacy of m-learning using CHiLO, particularly with an e-book, including media-rich content, nano lectures, and digital badges.

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  1. NPO CCC-TIES, Nara, Japan

    Masumi Hori & Seishi Ono

  2. Research and Development Centre for Academic Networks, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan

    Kazutsuna Yamaji

  3. SmileNC & Co., Saitama, Japan

    Shinzo Kobayashi

  4. Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

    Toshihiro Kita

  5. Open University Japan, Chiba, Japan

    Tsuneo Yamada

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    Maria Teresa Restivo

  3. School of Engineering, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom

    James Uhomoibhi

  4. Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

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Hori, M., Ono, S., Yamaji, K., Kobayashi, S., Kita, T., Yamada, T. (2016). Developing an E-Book-Based Learning Platform Toward Higher Education for All. In: Zvacek, S., Restivo, M., Uhomoibhi, J., Helfert, M. (eds) Computer Supported Education. CSEDU 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 583. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29585-5_35

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