University of Texas launches e-textbook trial

HB Pony Dad · Post by **HB Pony Dad** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:54 am

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... trial.html

Students under UT's plan, though, download digital textbooks to their hard drives. About 1,000 students will participate in the trial in the next academic year

DiamondM75 · Post by **DiamondM75** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:28 pm

UT is the perfect place for this.

They are use to trials.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:54 pm

Yes, but they aren't used to textbooks, so maybe not...

BleedingRed+Blue · Post by **BleedingRed+Blue** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:47 pm

How will their football and basketball players color them in?

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:17 pm

I'll admit I thought this thread was about something else when I saw "University of Texas" and "trial" in the same phrase

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:35 am

I LOVELOVELOVE the few textbooks I can get digitally. It is cheaper, more convenient, cheaper, greener, cheaper, and cheaper.

I'm sure there are other subject that are the same way, but I've had multiple engineering books in the $400 range. That's ridiculous!

J.T.supporta · Post by **J.T.supporta** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:42 am

BleedingRed+Blue wrote:How will their football and basketball players color them in?

A

Pony Soup · Post by **Pony Soup** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:01 am

Michael Granof - an accounting teacher in the MBA program (and faculty chair or the UT co-op) - was published in the NYT last summer suggesting this. It REALLY makes sense when you think through it. The used textbook market will get crushed but in the end, students and professors/authors win. Link below:

http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/news/pres ... _op-ed.asp

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:11 am

The MBA program at Tulsa gives you the option of using online text books. I have only tried it for my accounting class which was interesting, but I really wish the law school would try it out.