ABSTRACT
Interactive e-books are designed especially for touch screens and support multimedia content, providing a rich communication environment for users. This form of communication is seen to contribute positively to the learning processes of the digital native generation. Forgiveness education has long been supported by studies to improve mental health. However, it has been observed that the guidebooks used in forgiveness studies for children convey the stories only verbally and do not take into account the learning habits of digital natives. To offer a solution to this problem, an interactive e-book that teaches forgiveness to children aged 9-11 using art and information technologies was developed. In the study, a story containing the essential components of the concept of forgiveness was written, and this story was enriched with visual, audio, and interactive techniques. The quantitative results of this approach, which is a pioneering study showing that art and information technologies can contribute to forgiveness education, can be investigated in future studies. The positive results that can be attained may contribute to the widespread use of forgiveness education that improves children's emotional and mental health by eliminating the need for a trainer in forgiveness education studies.
Keywords: Multimedia, Interactive e-book, Child and Adolescent Forgiveness Education, Digital Native Generation, Graphic Design