Very inaccurate! I would actually suggest that you use a book unless it was more convenient for the student to look up books online. The advantage of having the real, physical book is that you have the whole text right in front of you. If it is yours, you can write notes in it whereas, a book on your screen, you most likely cannot include any note. Plus, people that do not have internet cannot always gain access to the resources that one needs whenever necessary and must do effective planning to be able to get them when needed.
It’s hard to do any type of work when there are distractions present, which is why books are a better decision. With the internet being a plethora of unimaginable content, one can get distracted from the work they are doing. Beings tend to be very curious, resulting in wasted time surfing the internet instead of getting work done.
Plus, having access to full text is the best thing ever, to the student’s advantage. Sometime an article’s or a featured excerpt’s full text cannot be found. Having the whole thing with you already beats getting texts off the internet.
When finals come around, I know for a fact that students are going to look back at their book to review the content. Those notes/annotations that you made throughout the year will come in very handy! The book will always be there for you J
Let’s just all agree and get to know that the physical book that we can hold in front of us cannot be replaced by technology!
Diana, I liked how you pointed out that “the advantage of having the real, physical book is that you have the whole text right in front of you.” Someone once said that the Internet is like a whole bunch of books with its bindings cut away and all the loose pages are just flung far and wide. You get snippets of information, which really matters more than people think. If all they’re doing is looking up quick facts or answers, it should be just fine. But a quote taken out of context, for example, can have disastrous results if you didn’t have the whole quote or the context in which something was written.
ReplyDeleteOne of your classmates shared in her blog that looking up answers is a lot different than learning and understanding something. Anyone can look up information, but not everyone can understand these individual bits of information within other contexts, such as an exam question that covers the whole context or a real-life case study. Good job, Diana!
Tina M. Moser, MLIS
Access Services Librarian
Health Sciences Library, Anschutz Medical Campus