I'd like to ask a naive question: why use the "genre" of textbook at all? Isn't the very genre a bit... outdated?
A definition from Wikipedia: "A *textbook* is a manual of instruction or a standard book in any branch of study. They are produced according to the demand of educational institutions." A standard implies something long-term (permanent?), constant, closed. The demands are also centralized. Do textbooks allow per-student customization, semi-automated in smart social ways (at least as well as Amazon does for book recommendations)? Daily or hourly, dynamic changes of content based on who creates what in the world? User-generated content in general? Interactivity? Sound and video? No and no and no. And the question is, if we get "all that" from other places, what is the place of a textbook, then - if any? I see two somewhat modern parts in Wayne's list of generic questions: peer collaboration and print-on-demand. -- Cheers, MariaD Make math your own, to make your own math. naturalmath.com: a sketch of a social math site groups.google.com/group/naturalmath: a mailing list about math maker activities groups.google.com/group/multiplicationstudy the family multiplication study --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
