textbook rant
The purpose of this blog is for a library school computer course. I hope to become more comfortable around computers, and what they can do and I am interested in the whole on-line approach to learning. I am impressed with the course calendar. I love that we can view clips, listen to radio broadcasts, and check out websites of interest, all at our fingertips! I only wish the course textbook was as easy to get my hands on.
Interestingly, chapter 3 of our textbook, waxes on about synergy and efficiency within a corporation through computers; yet, I had to run around in a circle trying to obtain a photocopy of the chapter from the textbook. How is that effecient? Could the authors not be as progressive as the organizations they talk about and create a website for the book? Maybe they did and I am completely wrong.
Does anyone else find that the race for the textbook in the library after class seem a tad frustating compared to the easy access to all the other information that is offered. Is this just me or is it just the way university courses have to be. Is the competition for recources part of the learning process? There must be a way to make this easier. I am just wondering.
melissa
posted by melissa @ 9:34 AM
2 Comments:
Hi Melissa,
I agree. There seems to be a hands-on apporach to the way the course is set-up which will definately benefit our awareness of the technologies we are discussing in class. I find the textbook ok but there is a lot of jargon and sorting things into lists, lists upon lists of lists. It would benefit from some interactive add-ons for sure.
Hi,
I agree with you. That's why I just photocopied all of the chapters we needed at once. They probably don't provide the text online because that would cut into their profit, which is understandable considering all of the time they put into it.
I also find the links on the course wensite a lot more helpful than the text, especially for the third week on databases.
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