7 Jun
2013
7 Jun
'13
2:28 p.m.
On 6/7/13 11:59 AM, "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
The schools still discourage letting the teachers
create their own
materials. Some of that is due to a few abuses of some teachers
overcharging for a "reader" published and available through local
copy centers. One teacher was accused of such profiteering inspite of
hiw reader being cheaper than any of the available textbooks.
The way I've seen these implemented is as a no-cost, "part of the price of
admission" product. Yes, I recall a story of one professor who required
his own textbook, and further required assignments submitted *on pages
ripped from the book* so it was useless for resale. No, he did not escape
unscathed. :-) And today, it's pretty much all digitally distributed -
no copy centers.
For those who say, "But you have to be able to scribble on the pages!": I
have never been a 'highlighter', and I read nearly all research papers in
PDF, keeping handwritten notes in a separate notebook. Works for me. --
Ian