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The published e-books are only checked for formatting and layout errors by iTunes before publishing online and can then be released through all stores around the world. Note you are not allowed to use the word "iBook" anywhere within the text as it is a trademark of Apple. | The published e-books are only checked for formatting and layout errors by iTunes before publishing online and can then be released through all stores around the world. Note you are not allowed to use the word "iBook" anywhere within the text as it is a trademark of Apple. | ||
Once the first edition is published (usually within 10 days of being accepted) it can be updated, corrections made, and uploaded as a new second edition. All users who have downloaded the first book will also be notified that there is a new edition of the book available for download. | Once the first edition is published (usually within 10 days of being accepted) it can be updated, corrections made, and uploaded as a new second edition. All users who have downloaded the first book will also be notified that there is a new edition of the book available for download. | ||
UNSW Library can also generate an ISBN for your published book, that can appear in the Thorpe-Bowker identifier services. | UNSW Library can also generate an ISBN for your published book, that can appear in the Thorpe-Bowker identifier services. |
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Supporting Independent Learning with eBooks
Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences.
Abstract
History of e-books
The electronic book (e-book) format and related online stores have developed recently as a new platform for publishing and distributing educational books. In 1993, the earliest implementation of the electronic “book” format was the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) that is still used educationally to distribute Powerpoint slides or Word documents to students. In 2007, the Amazon Kindle and store was introduced as a platform for distributing and reading proprietary formatted e-books. Readers for this format are now available on many platforms and require publishing through the Amazon store. In the same year, an alternate EPUB format became an official standard of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) used on iBooks on iOS and Google Books on Android. In 2010, Apple iBooks was released and in 2013 became compatible with all Apple platforms (iPhone, iPad, laptop and desktop) and can also be exported as PDF. These e-books are prepared with (free) iBooks Author software that allows import of several existing document formats, and can be published freely on iTunes store.
Embryology e-book
There are many advantages of e-book format, the main one being portability.
<html5media height="290" width="300">File:Ebook - interactive images.mp4</html5media>
How to use iBook interactive images |
This Embryology e-book the Kyoto Embryo Collection[1] allows students to independently develop an introductory understanding of the changes occurring in the human embryo during the first trimester. The book is structured in chapters as a timeline from week 3 to 8 (gestational week 5 to 10), with each stage describing both structures and events.
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<html5media height="400" width="300">File:Stage 13 EFIC_S02.mp4</html5media> Example - Week 5 Embryo (sagittal plane) |
The final section to each chapter is the most interactive, as it includes movies of embryo high resolution MRI scans and episcopic fluorescent image capture (EFIC) reconstructions. Both unlabeled and labeled movie versions are available, including excerpts covering key embryonic events such as cardiac septation. <html5media height="300" width="300">File:Stage 13 MRI_S02.mp4</html5media> Example - Week 5 Cardiac Septation |
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Student Learning
Like a traditional textbook, students can also highlight text and make their own notes within the e-book itself. Highlighted material can be: exported to social media, emailed, exported as notes or text spoken from the device.
The glossary terms within each chapter can also be displayed as “flip cards” allowing the student to test their understanding of embryology terminology.
Open the tables below to see brief demonstrations of both teaching aids within this ebook.
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Quizzes and 3D models can also be included within this e-book format, though not included or demonstrated in this first edition.
Reference
- ↑ Hill, MA. Shiota, K. Yamada, S. & Ho, C. (2016) Kyoto Embryology Collection. Apple iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1143922693 ISBN-978-0-7334-3528-7.
Publishing in iTunes
The published e-books are only checked for formatting and layout errors by iTunes before publishing online and can then be released through all stores around the world. Note you are not allowed to use the word "iBook" anywhere within the text as it is a trademark of Apple.
Once the first edition is published (usually within 10 days of being accepted) it can be updated, corrections made, and uploaded as a new second edition. All users who have downloaded the first book will also be notified that there is a new edition of the book available for download.
UNSW Library can also generate an ISBN for your published book, that can appear in the Thorpe-Bowker identifier services.
Links
Education Links: Educational Presentations | Embryology Education | Embryology iBooks | Embryology Models | Textbooks | Embryology History | Category:Education |
- Kyoto Embryo Collection | Kyoto Collection
- Embryology iBooks | Educational Presentations | Embryology Education
Support Videos
The following external videos (generated by others) present simple explanations of how to work with the iBook Author software.
Open the collapsed tables below (click expand) to view and play the videos (these videos can also be opened to full screen).
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External Links
External Links Notice - The dynamic nature of the internet may mean that some of these listed links may no longer function. If the link no longer works search the web with the link text or name. Links to any external commercial sites are provided for information purposes only and should never be considered an endorsement. UNSW Embryology is provided as an educational resource with no clinical information or commercial affiliation.
- http://tiny.cc/UNSWMedLT-2016_eBooks
- iTunes Embryology ebook Link online store for iBooks in 32 countries.
- iBooks Author free eBook generating software.
- Thorpe-Bowker Identifier Services is the only official ISBN Agency in Australia.
- Video - iBooks Author Basics plus Widgets 2015 Tutorial
- Video - Creating a quiz widget in iBooks
- Video - Creating a 3D model in iBooks
- Bookry Widget Library
Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, June 20) Embryology UNSW Medicine Learning and Teaching Forum 2016 - Supporting Independent Learning with eBooks. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/UNSW_Medicine_Learning_and_Teaching_Forum_2016_-_Supporting_Independent_Learning_with_eBooks
- © Dr Mark Hill 2024, UNSW Embryology ISBN: 978 0 7334 2609 4 - UNSW CRICOS Provider Code No. 00098G