CB>SK>Because there may be advantages? As has been mentioned in this thread,
  >SK>for certain types of books in subject areas where information is being
  >SK>accumulated at a rapid pace, CD-ROM publication allows for less
  >SK>expensive and more rapid update of published materials. Not to mention
  >SK>the savings in publication costs. However, for classic works of
  >SK>literature, I don't see any advantage.
CB>My point exactly.  Paul has been predicting an end to the use of
  >textbooks, but I do not see computers and textbooks as mutually
  >exclusive.  No reason why we can't continue using textbooks and start
  >using computers as a secondary resource.  Just as television did not
  >bring an end to the use of the radio, I do not see computers killing off
  >textbooks.
More likely the eventual case will be the computer networks will be
primary and the text book secondary if in extant at all.  Public
schools will be the last to make the change but IMO the eventuality,
good or bad or somewhere in between will be thrust upon many education
systems early in the next century.  Young educators would do well to be
as proficient with the use of computerized materials as they possibly
can.  Traditional education may be in jeopardy in the interim as people
realize much of what they learn will not transfer to earning an income
in their future.
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