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Re: American students as pack animals
Posted:
Oct 23, 2000 1:58 PM
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>I have been an advocate of *interactive* (not just electronic) books
>even since the advent of HyperCard in 1988. The publishers were not
>ready. They were still not ready in 1996, when the first electronic
>textbook came out (a Simon&Schuster biology text that was simply lifted
>into CD-ROM format). Judging from what's coming out now, they are still
>not ready for an interactive textbook.
1996? Really? I'm pretty sure there were other electronic textbooks a
few years earlier -- I have to find my old copy of Anton's 4th edition
calculus on CD (not very interactive, but it had its uses) -- I think
it was from 94 or 95,but I could be wrong. The basic point is still
probably valid, though it really depends on what you want to call a
textbook -- online tutorials and electronic courses delivered via CD
or over the web are in electronic format and some of them are VERY interactive
-- maybe too much to be called a "textbook" anymore.
Ted Alper
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