DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC BOOK ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION SUBJECTS FOR STUDENTS IN CHONGQING COLLEGE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, CHINA

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to develop the electronic book titled “Information Technology and Communication” for students with the criteria at the level of 80/80, 2) to compare the learning achievement results of the post-test of students by using the electronic book, and 3) to study the attitudes of students. Towards an electronic book titled “Information Technology and Communication”. The samples used in the research were 80 students in Chongqing College of International Business and Economics, China and the experimental group and the control group were of 40 students in each class determined by purposive sampling. This research consisted of an electronic, the lesson plan, multiple-choice test and aptitude test for an electronic book. The statistical methods used in data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results showed that: 1) the electronic book has an efficiency level of 82.06/80.11 according to the criteria value of 80/80, 2) after participating in the lessons with learning means of the electronic book, the students revealed their higher post-test results than studying in the class of the traditional approach, showing the statistical significance level of 0.05, and 3) the students’ attitudes towards electronic books showed an average level of 4.06 ("X" ̅= 4.06) and a high standard deviation at 0.75 (S.D. = 0.75).