Comments on: University of Texas to try digital textbooks http://jkontherun.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:27:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Brian Kirk http://jkontherun.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t/#comment-1805 Brian Kirk Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:23:15 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t#comment-1805 <p>I should have heard about this given that it is taking place in my own backyard (Austin of course). This is great news for the environment & hopefully it will save some students some cash on text books too.</p> I should have heard about this given that it is taking place in my own backyard (Austin of course). This is great news for the environment & hopefully it will save some students some cash on text books too.

]]> By: Ben http://jkontherun.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t/#comment-1807 Ben Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:37:57 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t#comment-1807 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I might have actually bought text books during college if we had this.</p> <p>...no, i probably still wouldn't have.</p></div>

I might have actually bought text books during college if we had this.

…no, i probably still wouldn’t have.

]]> By: Steven M. http://jkontherun.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t/#comment-1810 Steven M. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:51:28 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t#comment-1810 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>You know they will be in some POS DRM format that will just piss people off and ruin any movement to go digital.</p> </div>

You know they will be in some POS DRM format that will just piss people off and ruin any movement to go digital.

]]> By: LadyVoIP http://jkontherun.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t/#comment-1814 LadyVoIP Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:10:24 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/university-of-t#comment-1814 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Goodness I wish I'd had digital textbooks when I was in school! Its hard to say if the price or the ability to find what you're looking for without reading an 80 page chapter make me more jealous of the students at University of Texas... either way they certainly have it good now!<br /> However from a teacher's perspective its already hard enough to keep your course from slipping into the easy A category. With information and maybe even power point slides from notes on the class website lecture attendance suffers. With the addition of digital textbooks students may never have to commit anything to long term memory again!</p> </div>

Goodness I wish I’d had digital textbooks when I was in school! Its hard to say if the price or the ability to find what you’re looking for without reading an 80 page chapter make me more jealous of the students at University of Texas… either way they certainly have it good now!
However from a teacher’s perspective its already hard enough to keep your course from slipping into the easy A category. With information and maybe even power point slides from notes on the class website lecture attendance suffers. With the addition of digital textbooks students may never have to commit anything to long term memory again!

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