1. Ease of use
In 2011, Alex Thayer of the University of Washington conducted a study on e-reader use for academic purposes. Each student was given a Kindle DX loaded with books in the fall; by spring, just under 40 percent of them had stopped using the reader. Why? Usability issues.
Though the Kindle does allow you to annotate some books as you read, 75 percent of students in the study still used paper to take notes. The students also found it difficult to locate information in the text while taking tests or writing papers. Part of the problem, says Thayer, is that e-readers don't allow for "cognitive mapping," the process of using cues to remember where you saw the information in the first place. Navigation and search functions are also notoriously poor on most e-readers.
Thayer concluded that e-readers aren't built for academic reading, but many of the issues students encountered could be solved by switching to a tablet, such as an iPad. Since tablets more closely replicate the experience of using a computer, you can search, take notes, and even pick up page cues while reading a textbook.
1. Ease of useIn 2011, Alex Thayer of the University of Washington conducted a study on e-reader use for academic purposes. Each student was given a Kindle DX loaded with books in the fall; by spring, just under 40 percent of them had stopped using the reader. Why? Usability issues.Though the Kindle does allow you to annotate some books as you read, 75 percent of students in the study still used paper to take notes. The students also found it difficult to locate information in the text while taking tests or writing papers. Part of the problem, says Thayer, is that e-readers don't allow for "cognitive mapping," the process of using cues to remember where you saw the information in the first place. Navigation and search functions are also notoriously poor on most e-readers.Thayer concluded that e-readers aren't built for academic reading, but many of the issues students encountered could be solved by switching to a tablet, such as an iPad. Since tablets more closely replicate the experience of using a computer, you can search, take notes, and even pick up page cues while reading a textbook.
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