Prior to the release of the iPad a mere twenty five months ago the claim that paper textbooks being on borrowed time would have been laughed at by many in academia. Considering the explosive growth of the iPad, Android and Kindle readers over the past two years this claim is not only reasonable it is achievable. Perhaps even more important is the realization that we are moving well beyond just digital text and are looking at
digital content that’s not necessarily restricted to pages.
These changes are happening right now. Brian Kibby, president of McGraw-Hill Higher Education states:
I believe in less than 36 months, the idea of having a print product will be far from the norm on most college campuses across the country.
The next few years are going to be very exciting and the closer we get to fully utilizing digital resources to enhance learning the better off we all are.
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EdX is a joint partnership between The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University to offer online learning to millions of people around the world. EdX will offer Harvard and MIT classes online for free. Through this partnership, the institutions aim to extend their collective reach to build a global community of online learners and to improve education for everyone.
