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THE UTILIZING AN E-READING LOG TO ENHANCE THE READING PERFORMANCE OF EMIRATI STUDENTS
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2019
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Journal of Teaching and Education
Abstract
In a post-globalized era, educational technology has a profound impact on higher education pushing
pedagogical boundaries toward new destinations and opening new horizons with regard to the
extensive use of e-texts or other electronically accessed reading resources, such as electronic
reserves or posted URLs (Buczynski, 2007; Murray & Pérez, 2011; Young, 2010). In other words,
mobile information technology is transforming the education landscape by providing students with
the opportunities to engage in a new kind of instruction. The growth and popularity of digital content
in the form of e-books and other electronic facilities, delivered to electronic reading platforms has
been significant (Hyman, Jack A. Moser, Mary and Segala, Laura N. 2014). This trend, reinforced
by recent studies, which reveal the growing interest of different categories of students in electronic
reading. For example, S.W. Ji et al, in their experiment surveys of 101 students -in two
undergraduate college courses- discovered that respondents reported an overall preference for
electronically supplied readings (Sung Wook Ji, Sherri Michaels and David Waterman, 2014, p. 17).
The progress in the field of educational technology results into the utilization of electronic reading
systems for digital text. Studies provide evidence that when technological advancements integrate
into reading practices, they have a profound influence on student performance. (Wright, S., Fugett,
A., and Caputa, F. 2013. 367). The use of electronic reading platforms, which include e-books, tablet
computers, and other devices have been widely advocated by college students. Nevertheless, the
adoption of such mobile information technology was recently integrated in the UAE University
educational milieu. On this basis, this paper investigates the reading performance of an extended
sample of students at the United Arab Emirates University in order to assess their attitudes towards
print and electronic reading practices.
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Education, Technology, Reading, Assessment, Performance.