Tool to use online and in the classroom

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http://chronicle.com/article/New-E-Textbooks-Do-More-Than/48324/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Article Title- New E-Textbooks Do More Than Inform: They'll Even Grade You

The McGraw-Hill publishing company is trying to adopt a new line of e-textbooks. Some of the features of the e-textbook are that they post homework assignments and then grade the homework as it's finished, all online. Professors and students will get the results from the homework quickly. The company is encouraging professors to have students purchase the e-textbook instead of having their own choice of a printed book or an e-textbook. The e-textbook is being designed so that students can jump around easily to find answers to homework or to specific parts of a professor's lecture.
In an online course the e-textbook would be ideal. Professors and students would have an easier task with homework. Students could jump around through chapters more quickly to find answers to homework. Professors could recieve the results of homework scores automatically.
In a classroom based course this e-textbook would not be ideal, unless all students had laptop computers. If everyone had access to a computer then the e-textbook would assist professors and students in saving time on homework. Students could find answers more quickly using an e-textbook and professors would spend less time grading homework.
More information about e-texbooks can be researched at
Inside Higher Ed http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/01/03/ebooks.
At this site it discusses the social-networking purposes and the publishers purposes for having e-textbooks.