Students Say Tablets Will Transform College, Though Most Don't Own Tablets - Wired Camp... - 1 views
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More than two-thirds of a large group of college students say that tablet computers will change the way students learn, according to survey results released today
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Most of the students were not speaking from experience: Only 7 percent of the college students and 4 percent of the high school seniors owned one. Still, 69 percent of the college students said that tablets will transform higher education, and 48 percent said tablets will replace textbooks—at least as we currently understand textbooks—within the next five years.
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That attitude may change once they try to study with tablets for an exam. Several pilot projects with tablets have found that students are frustrated with the difficulties in adding notes to digital books