The textbook of the future

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While many have a soft spot for the feel of the printed page, it’s hard to see a future where textbooks aren’t delivered to students digitally. It’s not just the benefit of taking the literal weight of textbooks off students’ backs — digital textbooks offer an opportunity to enhance the entire learning experience.

The infographic below explores these possibilities. Even calling them “possibilities” is likely incorrect. As things go, it is inevitable that we’ll have schools going paper-free before we have mainstream flying cars. Damn you, science!

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Textbooks of Tomorrow

Via: Online Education

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