Dennis, Alan R.Abaci, SerdarMorrone, Anastasia S.Plaskoff, JoshuaMcNamara, Kelly O.2017-03-222017-03-222016-08Dennis, A. R., Abaci, S., Morrone, A. S., Plaskoff, J., & McNamara, K. O. (2016). Effects of e-textbook instructor annotations on learner performance. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 28(2), 221–235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-016-9109-xhttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/12105With additional features and increasing cost advantages, e-textbooks are becoming a viable alternative to paper textbooks. One important feature offered by enhanced e-textbooks (e-textbooks with interactive functionality) is the ability for instructors to annotate passages with additional insights. This paper describes a pilot study that examines the effects of instructor e-textbook annotations on student learning as measured by multiple-choice and open-ended test items. Fifty-two college students in a business course were randomly assigned either a paper or an electronic version of a textbook chapter. Results show that the e-textbook group outperformed the paper textbook group on the open-ended test item, while both groups performed equally on the multiple-choice subject test. These results suggest that the instructional affordances that an interactive e-textbook provides may lead to higher-level learning.enPublisher Policye-textbooklearningreading comprehensionArticle