Tag: ebooks
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What does it mean to be a book?
Recently I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a book. What makes a book, a “book”? I’m willing to bet that when you see the word “book” you think of a physical container for words that are printed on paper, bound within covers and sits on a bookshelf. Wikipedia agrees with you: A book is a set…
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eBooks: still no good for education?
I want to love eBooks, I really do. I think there is enormous potential for digital books in education, especially with the rise of cheaper tablets and smartphones. But, I also think that as long as publishers control the ecosystem, the promise of eBooks won’t be realised and they’ll never provide the learning opportunities they could. The…