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[–] CodyCannoli@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Fuck Pearson

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I once had a class where, day one, the professor said something like, "If you don't want to buy the book, that's fine with me. I can't tell you where to find a copy, but maybe one of your classmates can." Someone raised their hand and started rattling off a few useful websites.

[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I had a stats professor who told us to not buy the book. He would print out hand outs and gave them to us every class. He was super nice. One time a girl brought her bunny to class because she had to give it medicine on a schedule and he made her do show and tell lol.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

My Analysis professor once did basically the same thing in class. She said that we should never go to these websites, since they were illegal. Based lady.

[–] pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I had a professor who kept all the materials from the books that he wrote on his website. He was cool with students printing the html pages and bringing it to class.

[–] CapnAssHolo@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Me fighting my instinct to say * Hello. Based department? *

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I really think Khan Academy should publish a textbook that everyone can use. Cheap or free, doesn't change every year, allowed to print out yourself.

Isn't one of the Gates kids doing some educational reform?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think the problem is the availability, it's probably the adoption. But I'm not in higher ed.

[–] funkycarrot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Exactly. We already have stuff like OpenStax. Great content, but comparatively little adoption by faculties.

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