Stevan Harnad wrote: > On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Alan Story wrote: > > > Until every desk in every university classroom has its own > > web-accessible computer (still some way off...), there will > > be an interest in paper copies by university teachers. > > Paper copies are indispensable in the form student course > > packs for study and discussion and debate in class by > > reference to words in a text that everyone see in front of > > them. Hard copy is not dead yet for instructional > > purposes.
Actually, we're not that far from having hand-held devices that access the web remotely e.g., from in the classroom). Soon we'll simply expect students to have them, just like we now expect them to have calculators. What is more, students will always be able print papers that are available on-line and bring them to class if they prefer. I am currently assembling an archive of "classic" books and papers in the history of psychology (http://www.yorku.ca/dept/psych/classics/ ). I already assign these electronic editions -- to be read on-line or printed, as students see fit -- rather than having to deal with printshops, reference librarians, and all the other things that typically make assigning primary source material to students a difficult process. Regards, -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 e-mail: chri...@yorku.ca phone: (416) 736-5115 ext. 66164 fax: (416) 736-5814 http://www.yorku.ca/christo
