The article discusses the issues of involved in creating a new generation of electronic textbooks for higher education institutions in Uzbekistan. In the context of modernization of the education process, it is expedient to use various information and communication technologies for in-depth and comprehensive education of students. Understanding the gravity of the topic, this study attempts to answer the question “How should we design the modern textbook?” In order to examine the research question a set of special surveys was conducted among sophemors and junior year students, as well as seniors of 2021 in the areas of "Fine Arts and Engineering Graphics" and "Technological Education". Furthermore Consequently, a strategic direction for the creation of electronic textbooks as well as the types of tasks that serve to ensure the effectiveness of electronic textbooks in the educational process are proposed in this study.