Digitizing Education: A Primer on eBooks
Aug 16, 2001
This 'informational' article reads like an advertisement for eBooks. It begins with a nice story in which a student buys a collection of eBooks from the college bookstore. Surveys eBook technology, including security features and eBook readers and describes how eBooks will 'add value' to education. Would you want to use eBooks? Well: try reading this article on your computer screen. It is in PDF format, the same format used in eBooks. I wasn't able to read it without printing it. Now imagine that publisher's restrictions prohibit you from printing it. Ick! This article is so misguided, so wrong, so NOT what we want online educational materials to look like in the future. Did I mention that the article reads like an advertisement? One of the authors is a senior marketing director for Adobe. By Michael A. Looney and Mark Sheehan, EDUCAUSE Review, July/August, 2001.
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