The latest installment in Educause’s “7 Things You Should Know About…” series tackles the e-book — a technology that, in the eyes of many campus officials, still isn’t quite ready for prime time.
Educause’s dispatch is quick to note the tool’s pedagogical promise: “An e-book that abandons the notion of reading from front to back…encourages readers to take an active, self-directed role in how they learn.” But the report goes on to point out some of the flaws that have plagued e-books, including “clunky” implementation of video and audio content. —Brock Read
