There have been pilot programs (http://blogs.princeton.edu/itsacademic/2010/04/ereaders_in_the_classroom.html) with e-readers in classrooms. There were some benefits (e.g. carrying all your readings with you all the time), and some drawbacks ("Main criticisms included highlighting, keeping track of bookmark references, and moving between and among passages from different books"). Some other quotes from the article:
Professor Katz’s course involved 23 books. He emphasized that the device is superbly ideal to accompany travel, and he and students agree wholeheartedly with that assessment. That said, it was wholly inappropriate for the close textual work involved in the course.
The tedious nature of finding passages caused consistent classroom confusion. All that said, he is off to San Francisco for a dissertation review. “I will load it into the Kindle, said Katz, “and love it once again.”
So while it solved some problems, it created others. I'm sure most of the problems could be alleviated or solved, but reading a novel is a very different experience than using a book for a class.
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Date: 7/2/11 17:31 (UTC)Professor Katz’s course involved 23 books. He emphasized that the device is superbly ideal to accompany travel, and he and students agree wholeheartedly with that assessment. That said, it was wholly inappropriate for the close textual work involved in the course.
The tedious nature of finding passages caused consistent classroom confusion. All that said, he is off to San Francisco for a dissertation review. “I will load it into the Kindle, said Katz, “and love it once again.”
So while it solved some problems, it created others. I'm sure most of the problems could be alleviated or solved, but reading a novel is a very different experience than using a book for a class.