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Because they are believed to be able to lower the costs of an education, e-books have been factored into the technology plans for community colleges and CEGEPs during the current decade. But adoption is a function of perceptions, which this study explored: (1) General perceptions of the CEGEP (college d'enseignement general et professionnel, a community college-like institution in Quebec) students and faculty towards e-books and (2) the factors that drive those perceptions. Previous studies found that users generally had neutral and positive impressions of e-books and that the following factors drive overall perceptions of e-books: (a) previous experience, (b) reading preferences and tasks; (c) reading habits; (d) convenience; (e) costs; and (f) ownership issues. A survey of the 2,260 faculty and students at a CEGEP in Quebec was conducted, with 247 students and 19 faculty responding. Results indicated wide awareness of e-books and at least some experience with them. Results validated that previous experience drove perceptions, that printed materials generally had more credibility than digital ones (this was more pronounced for books), that many students read online but do not take notes when doing so, users perceive e-books to be more convenient than printed ones, that e-books become attractive when their price is 50% that of print, and that most users think that they own e-textbooks even though most publishers merely rent e-textbooks. The results suggest adoption barriers beyond technology and general perceptions that need to be addressed to increase general use and that designers of zero-cost (Z-degrees or Zed-Cred) degrees should consider.Parce qu’on croit qu’ils peuvent diminuer les couts associes a l’education, les livres electroniques ont ete pris en compte dans les plans technologiques des colleges communautaires et des cegeps au cours de la derniere decennie. L’adoption, cependant, est fonction des perceptions, que la presente etude a explorees : (1) perceptions generales des etudiants et enseignants du cegep (college d’enseignement general et professionnel) quant aux livres electroniques et (2) facteurs qui motivent ces perceptions. Des etudes anterieures avaient conclu que les utilisateurs avaient des impressions neutres et positives sur les livres electroniques, et que les facteurs suivants determinaient les perceptions globales quant aux livres electroniques : (a) experience prealable, (b) preferences et tâches de lecture, (c) habitudes de lecture, (d) commodite, (e) cout et (f) questions de propriete. Un sondage de 2260 etudiants et enseignants d’un cegep quebecois a ete realise, et des reponses ont ete obtenues de 247 etudiants et 19 membres du corps professoral. Les resultats ont indique une vaste conscience de l’existence des livres electroniques et, a tout le moins, une certaine experience avec eux. Les resultats ont confirme que l’experience prealable determinait les perceptions, que les documents imprimes ont en general une plus grande credibilite que les documents numeriques (cela etait plus prononce pour les livres), que de nombreux etudiants lisent en ligne, mais sans prendre de notes, que les utilisateurs percoivent les livres electroniques comme etant plus pratiques que les livres imprimes, que les livres electroniques deviennent attrayants quand leur prix est a 50 % du prix de l’imprime, et que la plupart des usagers croient posseder leurs manuels electroniques, meme si la plupart des editeurs ne font que les louer. Les resultats suggerent qu’il existe des obstacles a l’adoption autres que la technologie et les perceptions generales, qu’il faudrait regler pour augmenter l’utilisation generale et dont les concepteurs de programmes sans frais devraient tenir compte.

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Exploring Perceptions of E-Books Among CEGEP Students and Faculty | Exploration des perceptions relatives aux livres électroniques chez les étudiants et enseignants au cégep