Regulations on electronic textbooks are coming soon

The Ministry of Education and Training has just announced a draft circular promulgating regulations on standards, conversion processes and organization of appraisal of electronic textbooks compiled according to the general education program to collect comments.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the compilation of electronic textbooks contributes to creating a rich source of digital learning materials. associated with the specific conditions of Vietnam and in line with advanced educational trends in the world , ensuring the best interests of learners and the goals of national digital transformation and digital citizen development.

Sắp có quy định về sách giáo khoa điện tử - Ảnh 1. — The Ministry of Education and Training is about to issue detailed regulations on electronic textbooks.

Regarding electronic textbook standards, the draft circular stipulates that they must fully meet current textbook standards, and the content must be consistent with the content of printed textbooks.

The electronic textbook interface must be optimally displayed on different devices; suitable for the health and vision of students at all levels in terms of font, font size, color, visual effects, and sound.

The draft also stipulates that advertisements, business content, shopping suggestions, and external introductions cannot be inserted into electronic textbooks.

Electronic textbooks have features for searching, highlighting, taking notes, zooming in and out of content; allowing basic interactions (selecting answers, dragging and dropping, listening to repeat, entering text, etc.); flexible integration and updating features, the ability to link with learning management systems according to popular standards, artificial intelligence, virtual reality technology, and the ability to use online or download.

Must experiment and evaluate user experience

Regarding infrastructure, the draft regulation stipulates that the data storage server system is located in Vietnam, has a Vietnamese internet domain name, and is assigned by the Ministry of Education and Training to a competent unit to organize operation, maintenance, and periodic updates under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Organizations, agencies, and publishers that fully meet the conditions for electronic publications or other organizations and agencies that have publishing links with publishers that meet the conditions for electronic publications are assigned by the Minister of Education and Training to convert textbooks from printed to electronic versions according to regulations.

The adaptation unit coordinates with general education institutions to organize technical experiments and evaluate user experience on representative groups of students and teachers. The minimum number of experimental periods is equal to 10% of the total number of periods prescribed in the general education program of each subject and educational activity.

According to the draft, electronic textbooks will be edited and updated when printed textbooks are edited and updated.

The e-textbook appraisal council consists of scientists , education managers, technology experts, and experienced and knowledgeable teachers. At least 1/3 of the council members are teachers teaching the corresponding subject. The number of council members must be odd, at least 7. The e-textbook is classified as "satisfactory" when at least 3/4 of the members rate it at this level.

Must experiment and evaluate user experience

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