Here's an update to a previous post about a study into the usage of Kindle e-Readers on college campuses. It looks as though the e-Readers haven't caught up to the hype about school/education usage capability.
Researchers at the University of Washington are about to present a report on a pilot project that had computer science students use a Kindle DX for their course reading.
College textbooks are a holy grail for the electronic book industry, but apparently they still have a ways to go, based on the UW study, conducted during the 2009-2010 school year.
"There is no e-reader that supports what we found these students doing," first author Alex Thayer, a UW doctoral student in design and engineering, said in a release. "It remains to be seen how to design one. It's a great space to get in to, there's a lot of opportunity." (Read more ...)
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