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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

Edsurge

In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books. I feel like even if the print books are a tad more expensive, they’re worth it, in my opinion,” Mullins said. “I By contrast, digital materials have no resale value.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” They haven’t.). But new technology hasn’t made it easy.

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