Adoption of Ebooks in Schools

Wilson, Shibrie

Overdrive. (2014). Schools Adopt and Integrate Ebooks at an Accelerating Rate. Retrieved from http://company.overdrive.com/news/schools-adopt-and-integrate-ebooks-at-an-accelerating-rate/

Overdrive is the leading supplier of Ebooks and audiobooks for libraries. Ebooks are being used in millions of schools across the world. Students are accessing ebooks using mobile devices such as tablets, smartphones, e-readers and computers. Many digital websites utilized by schools is operated by OverDrive and continues to increase overtime. According to the research "October 2013  school digital library website visits climber 252 percent over the previous year to 417,000." According to OverDrive teachers are beginning to adopt digital reading are becoming more prevalent. User experience is interactive and impactful due to amount of resources teachers and students are able to obtain. There is also filtering in which is beneficial for students to access materials specifically dedicated to individual reading levels. 

Opinion:
I have always used OverDrive specifically for downloading Ebooks from my library account unto my iPad. I was unaware that schools were using this resource being that in this course and within my school I have not heard anyone discuss using it. I would love to see how it benefits teachers in classroom setting and how responsive student are to it. I personally had difficulty downloading Ebooks and Audiobooks onto OverDrive from public library account. Hopefully, user experience for students is more user friendly.