Jun 15 2008
Are Textbooks Becoming Extinct? Welcome to the Age of the Wikitext!
Text books are being replaced by virtual versions, say good bye to the typewriter, handwriting and the 3kg, 700-page textbook which used to, took 3 years to get published and was already out of date. We are now working with taking notes on laptops and researching with an online database while having coffee at Starbucks.
Don’t get me wrong there are still text books out there that weigh 5kg that still takes 2 years to get published and is yes still out of date. The amount of text books you need to buy say for an education degree has decreased, although this means that the amount that you have to search for through the internet has drastically increased which is must more convenient.
Wikitext is a fantastic idea so that all of the texts you need are there and available instead of waiting on them to be returned to the library. School find it hard to fit text books into a budget this is one way to solve that problem where the students will not suffer for lack of budgets. I personally suggest you read the article to provide you with more information.
Are Textbooks Becoming Extinct? Welcome to the Age of the Wikitext! By David Fontaine
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