Share Paper: A study on the development of evaluation criteria for digital textbooks in Korea

1. Hyung-mi Joo, Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluaton, Korea (South)
2. Chong Uk Ahn, Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluaton, Korea (South)

Abstract: In Korea, digital textbooks will be developed from the 3rd grade to the 11th grade primarily for the subject matters of English, Science, and Social Studies in 2013, and then be applied to schools in 2014. The purpose of this study was to develop the evaluation criteria for digital textbooks in Korea. The study employed the Delphi method and textbook analysis. The thirty experts answered questionnaires in three rounds. It also analyzed the four types of the establishing digital textbooks which were categorized according to textbook developers. This study concluded that the evaluation criteria for digital textbook consist of 4 ...