Here is and article that looks at the future of E Books
http://www.nmc.org/blog/keene-haywood/7173
It is a short read but interesting.
Here is another
http://chronicle.com/article/This-Could-Be-the-Year-of-D/48305/
This is sharing about the future of e textbooks.for the Chronicle.
In case you are wondering about how ETextbook are received?
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/ACampusWideETextbookInitiative/174581
This is a study showing how students responded to to E Textbooks.
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I read the first article and you are right it was an interesting read.
ReplyDeleteIn the article the author mentioned the cost of the readers dropping and if they continue to do so they would be more affordable for the average person or student.
My thoughts are that while e-book readers would save paper (green revolution) and be somewhat more convenient then an actual book, nothing can replace the value of a hard copy book.
Even with research today, there is only but so much you can do on the internet. In every profession at some point I am willing to bet that a book has been cracked open at least once if not daily.
Unless the universities are going to provide the students with these e-book readers free of charge (like Duke supplying the incoming freshman class with ipods for educational purposes) then the requirement for college or high school students to purchase e-book readers should not be an option unless the cost of the reader and supplemental materials is significantly less then a hard copy book.