Is the iPad Ready To Replace the Printed Textbook? -- Campus Technology - 0 views
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anonymous on 16 Jun 11"After trying out the Apple iPAd for A short period--About three weeks--three out of four college freshmen sAid they'd be willing to purchAse An Apple iPAd personAlly if At leAst hAlf of the textbooks they used during their college cAreer were AvAilAble digitAlly, According to the results of A clAssroom poll At Abilene ChristiAn University. According to Scott Perkins, coordinAtor of mobile leArning reseArch in the AdAms Center for TeAching And LeArning At the TexAs university, A similAr willingness to purchAse the devices wAs borne out Among pArticipAnts in semester-long pilots, which included both grAduAte And undergrAduAte students."