论平板电脑时代的电子教材

On E-textbooks in the Era of Tablet PCs

电子教材因其多媒体化、教学形式多样化、环保节能等特点而广受关注，全球已有一定数量的电子教材面世。因显示终端性能的局限性，电子教材却并未如人所愿被顺利大规模推广使用，但这一状况将在以iPad 为代表的平板电脑时代得到根本改观。文章分析和探讨电子教材的优势特点、使用现状、平板电脑对其发展产生的革命性影响等问题。

E-textbooks， boasting the application of multimedia， various teaching methods and eco-friendliness， have been attracting wide attention and a number of e-textbooks have come out the world over. Due to the poor functions of e-reading devices， e-textbooks are gaining less success than expected. This， however， will change significantly in the era of tablet PCs which the iPad dominates. The essay analyzes the advantages of e-textbooks， their current use， the revolutionary change which is being brought about by tablet PCs， and other issues.