ERIC Number: EJ981486
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 3
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
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Why We Won't See Textbooks in Our Disciplinary Rear View Mirror in the Near Future
Rodrigo, Rochelle
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v39 n3 p309-311 Mar 2012
Although not everyone needs textbooks, they still actively serve four audiences within the discipline. The four audiences that benefit from textbooks are students, instructors, the textbook sales force, and the textbook authors themselves. With a growing number of online classes where students have less and less, or even no, face time with their instructors, textbooks and other well-constructed instructional materials become critical. One of the easiest ways to demonstrate the importance of textbooks for students is by discussing what is missing when an instructor chooses not to use a textbook. (Contains 6 resources.)
Descriptors: Audiences, Textbooks, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Writing Instruction, College Faculty, Writing (Composition), College Instruction, Instructional Materials, Textbook Content, Reading Assignments, Electronic Publishing, Open Source Technology
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