College students' use of Kindle DX points to e-reader's role in academia
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 12:50
in Mathematics & Economics
A study of how University of Washington graduate students integrated an Amazon Kindle DX into their course reading provides the first long-term investigation of e-readers in higher education. While some of the study's findings were expected students want improved support for taking notes, checking references and viewing figures the authors also found that allowing people to switch between reading styles, and providing the reader with physical cues, are two challenges that e-readers will need to address in cracking the college market.