Electronic-learning in the Education of Fashion and Design

Abstract

Research in education argue that the more control a reader have over a text, the more the reader will avail her/himself to follow through the contents, i.e. more involved and committed to learning. The provision of possibilities to comment, revise and update learning contents let users think and digest materials with a high degree of flexibility and involvement. As such, we hypothesize and assert that a personalizing and journal style electronic reading would enhance reader interests and learning progress through the respective softwareenabled features such as highlighting, note-taking, interactive voice, sketch-blogging, dictionary-referencing, and multi-media insertion. Success with paperless content delivery will significantly impact the entire teaching and learning environment at Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, from normal classroom courses to intensive industrial training to web-based cyber programmes. This paper studied the possibility of using of e-book and its readability. The research team had a survey on the students’ preferences of amongst the various electronic formats available. We aimed to analyze the readability of E-book on the basis of this survey. E-learning is clearly a fast growing approach used in teaching and learning, and has been transforming the process of education and training in this decade. The survey results show that students readily accept e-book as a type of efficient learning tool; it nevertheless, cannot replace hard copy formats as bricks and mortar places of learning. To conclude, formats of e-learning are worth investigating, especially within the learning contexts of fashion and textile industry and science that include highly diversified sources of knowledge and information.