Why Online Textbooks Still Don't Work

Sunday 26th May

Why Online Textbooks Still Don't Work

Posted at 9:03PM Wednesday 30 Jan 2013

There is content. But the hardware requirements to run it, in this age of multimedia, are so high that students who can't afford broadband Internet at home can't use them!

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