http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html?ref=education
In Arizona, teachers are being encouraged to create — and share — lessons that incorporate materials they find by sifting through reliable Internet sites. What advantages do you think digital copies give students? What are the disadvantages?
Showing posts with label college textbooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label college textbooks. Show all posts
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
New option to rent textbooks instead of buying
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/education/14textbook.html?_r=1&ref=education
In the rapidly evolving college textbook market, one of the nation’s largest textbook publishers, Cengage Learning, announced on Thursday that it would start renting books to students this year, at 40 to 70 percent of the sale price. Would you choose to rent over buying the textbook? Why or why not?
In the rapidly evolving college textbook market, one of the nation’s largest textbook publishers, Cengage Learning, announced on Thursday that it would start renting books to students this year, at 40 to 70 percent of the sale price. Would you choose to rent over buying the textbook? Why or why not?
Monday, August 3, 2009
To Rent or To Own?
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/31/textbooks
See the story above from insidehighered.com about the new wave in the textbook publishing world. Would you rather be renting?
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