I do not have direct experience. I did ask my students what they thought of the idea of an e-text that would be much cheaper than a book. They told me that they would just print the e book. They believed they spend enough time looking at computer screens. (All of our students have tablet PC’s.)
Joe Joseph J. Horton Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 724-458-2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] In God we trust. All others must bring data. ________________________________ From: David Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 1:15 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] E-Texts vs. Hard Copy Texts I am currently reaching an online section of intro psyc using the Myers text with PsychPortal as our website (access code packaged with the text). Next semester, I may have the option of allowing students to purchase the PsychPortal access card alone. This website comes with 12-month access to the complete Myers text as an e-book (with hot links to videos and research simulations, reading "tools" for highlighting, adding notes, etc.). My question for TIPS is whether anyone has experience teaching a course using an e-text in place of the traditional hardcopy. Or would anyone venture an opinion without direct experience? My own experience is that it is difficult and tiring to read text for extended periods of time from a computer screen. And highlighting, writing notes, etc. seems to work better when I am working with printed paper as opposed to a computer screen. I find myself printing out research articles when I want to really work them over for studying or editing. Would I be doing the students a favor by encouraging them to forgo the printed text and work only from an e-text next semester? They will save some money doing so but will there be a cost in the quality of their education? -Dave -- -- ___________________________________________________________________ David E. Campbell, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: 707-826-3721 Humboldt State University FAX: 707-826-4993 Arcata, CA 95521-8299 www.humboldt.edu/~campbell/psyc.htm <http://www.humboldt.edu/%7Ecampbell/psyc.htm> --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0〈=english ---
