RE: Student's view of books vs online

["Armbruster, Chris" <Chris.Armbruster@EUI.eu>]

Maybe the student has a point... if I think about how long it 
takes to get a book written (edited) and how long it takes to get 
it published and how long it then takes to have it reviewed... 
maybe the best that can be said for them is that they are 'quite 
accurate' if a little out of date?

Chris Armbruster

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On Behalf Of Ken Masters [kmasters@ithealthed.com]
Sent: 08 March 2011 23:08
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Subject: Student's view of books vs online

Hi All

Here's an interesting comment from one of my students, during a
presentation to the class:

"You can use Google Books, because, as we know, there is
information in books also, not only online, and usually the
information in the books is also quite accurate."

My, times have changed.

Regards

Dr. Ken Masters
Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics
Medical Education Unit
College of Medicine & Health Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman