Friday 3rd September 2010


 
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Tracy Buchanan

Assistant web producer, OpenLearn

From Coast to Bang Goes the Theory, The Open University works in partnership with the BBC to commission programmes covering a range of subjects across all BBC TV channels and radio stations. To complement these programmes, and enhance the learning journey for viewers, The Open University also produces online content at www.open.ac.uk/openlearn, from podcasts featuring university academics involved in the programmes to exciting interactives. Read more »

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To fall in love with an eBook

Matt Young

Founder, InPrint Books

CDs or MP3s? E-mail or letters? Books? Or eBooks? All questions which can say a lot about the kind of person you are. When it comes to the subject of which format people prefer their literature to be delivered in, everybody seems to have a strong opinion on the matter. Some people, my parents included, believe that the e-book is a rather pointless invention that will “never replace a real book” (huge emphasis on the word “real”). Others are embracing eBooks and exclaiming that “Print is dead!”. It’s a subject on which people feel very passionately. Books seem to spark a very strong attachment in people. Did anybody care this much about their Walkmans when MP3 players were introduced? I think not.  Read more »

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