The Feasibility Study of

Implementing Audiobooks at
Hamline University
Eng: 1800
Amy Oukpasong

Overview

Introduction

Criteria

Research Methods

Results

Conclusions

Recommendations

Introduction

Studied the possibility of having audiobooks implemented at Hamline

University for all of its students.

Rapid growth of the digital age new formats of learning are becoming
available (Dobler, 2015, p. 483)

Students have different styles of learning

Digital learning tool can be beneficial to some but not all

Hamline doesnt have audiobook available

Hamlines disability services have alternative method

Criteria

Will students use the audiobooks if they are available to them?

If it cost extra for students to rent audiobooks with their textbooks would
students still pay the extra fee?

Are audiobooks actually available with textbooks?

Research Method

Two different methods of research: Articles and Data Collection

Articles retrieved through:

Hamline Bush Library database

JSTOR
Google Scholar

Data Collection

16 Students in ENG 1800 Surveyed

Students respond to 10 questionnaires
Student of Hamline University responded to survey

Results

Articles researched:

Textbook price are increasing audiobooks can be cheaper alternative (Chen, 2015, p.
346)
Audiobooks can be hard to take notes on or highlight (Moyer, 2012, p. 349)
Only seems to be audiobooks available for genres that arent educational textbooks
(Horn, 2014, p. 34)

Generally, students learn differently some benefit with audiobooks usage

others dont

Previous studies showed college students prefer physical textbooks (Woody,

Daniel, and Baker, 2011)

Data Research
6%
19%

75%

Do you think audiobooks would be useful for college students?

Data Research
25%

75%

Yes

No

Would you consider using an audiobook for your required class readings if they were available?

Data Research
13%

6%

81%

Yes

No

Other

Should Hamline University have audiobooks available to all students?

Audiobooks

Large percentage of students agreed that having audiobooks available to

them would be beneficial

Students at Hamline would implement the audiobooks in their reading

Students surveyed believe audiobooks should be available to all students

16 student surveyed does not represent the whole student body

Conclusion

There was not enough research and data available to determined

rather implementing audiobooks at Hamline is feasible

The cost for Hamline and the fee for students cannot be determined
because the lack of information

Many steps in detraining what book is audio produced

Textbooks genre arent part of audiobook production

Continued research and study needed

Recommendations
A study needs to be done in determining rather audiobooks are actually
beneficial to college students and how affective they are.

A study of if audiobooks would increase school grades for college students

also needed.

Study if having audiobooks implemented would change the usage of physical

books for students. Would it still be used?

There needs to be available the statistics of audiobooks and which genres are
being published.

Look into what are the criteria of having books audiobooks made available
by publisher.

What would be the cost of having audiobooks available to students from the
bookstore if they were available to students.