Dear Professor Anup Kumar Bandyopadhyay Ji, Libraries still add a large number of books every year but that are never used. The educationist of that period (when printing was invented) the never thought that the learning through books would ever make pedagogical model of education obsolete.

Dear Professor Anup Kumar Bandyopadhyay Ji, Libraries still add a large number of books every year but that are never used. The educationist of that period (when printing was invented) the never thought that the learning through books would ever make pedagogical model of education obsolete.

respected sir,

It is true that digital learning is changing the paradigm of education but Libraries are still very important for learners. Though at present educational institutions have the option of having a repository of e-books, but b-reading is also equally important.

Therefore based on my understanding b-learning model will not be obsoleted but the mix of b-learning and e-learning will equip a student in a better way.

I would suggest that the historical pedagogical model changed when writing reemerged after the dark age that swept through the West around 1200 BC. Literacy was lost during that period, and for several hundred years education was based on oral traditions. Plato's "Phaedrus" illustrates the educational tensions of the period, with Socrates warning his young friend that studying written texts (as opposed to imitating the pedagogy and memorizing techniques) will ruin one's memory.

The development of printing of course had an effect on education because it made texts more readily available. But this effect was arguably less profound than the shift from orality to written texts.

Is the shift from synchronous learning to asynchronous as profound a shift?

I would suggest that this shift was related to the one I mentioned in my previous post. A good example can be found in the logographos of the 5th century BC. Only litigants of means could afford the rhetorical training that a Sophist provided, so those of more modest means who nevertheless faced a day in court hired a logographos to write legal speeches for them. They then studied the generic speech and modified it to meet their individual needs. Arguably, we have here the beginning of a shift from synchronous to asynchronous instruction/learning.

E-books reading is certainly increasing. Many people nowadays have an e-reader. Now half do. The proportion of the population who have read an e-book in the past year rose from 17 per cent in 2011 to 28 per cent just three years later.

Although scientific literature is more readily accessible in e-books, still the paper book offers some kind of enjoyment.

I am convinced that neither b-learning (learning through books) nor e-learning (computer assisted learning) will make pedagogical models obsolete. These models are valuable as a solid basis to build effective and efficient learning approaches, whether they use print or electronic media as a "transport" or "communication" medium.

Also with a view to serious gaming and its application in learning, this holds true. Serious gaming is probably the most promising approach in learning innovation. However, without the solid foundation of pedagogical models, no successful game-based learning would be possible.

My Dear Professor Anup Kumar Bandyopadhyay Ji; They might have not dared at that time that the b-learning would ever make pedagogical model of education obsolete as they are even not daring now a days to think that in the coming years due to advancement in science and technology even this digital library system (Digital Technology) will also become obsolete. Some thing new with more comfort and advanced technology will be there. Thanks

I endorse both Afaq and James. Secret Pythagorean circle of learning is famous. In India also historically there were secret circles and knowledge was right of only privileged. Organised and general education is much latter story. Basically it is culture and technology as well as changes in it that set into pace changes in a pedagogical model. Some developments make drastic shift and some have little or cosmetic impacts. Even, in times when books in print were available, several well-known scholars and scientists were self-educated, they never saw a school or taught by a teacher.

Despite the advances in IT, I do not think that e-learning will replace b-learning in the educational process. Books are convenient & indispensable especially when there is a large number of students. Assuming that you have 50 students, then there must be 51 PCs in the class & if you and the students start e-learning from the same hub, the process will become very slow. Add to it , that the PC may crash at any moment due to viruses or hackers...etc.

I think that b-learning will not become obsolete & that e-learning will keep on having the additional supportive role. 

I think that both E- and B-learning have chances to live and expand.

Time spent to get access to new information in text is critical for competition between books and e-books. It you know that you are looking for, and need details for reference, e-books are the best. But, paper book is better for classic education. Of course, if student can memorise and analyse the whole piece of information.

i think b- and e-learning are complementary and useful, however the learning and teaching processes should be built on pedagogy and cognitive sciences rather than on the information support (classical or electronic); new teaching methods should be focused on how transferring the basic and good info to students and how letting them able to built the cognitive process to the specific knowledge 'available or new one'

I think that we have a "b-learning by reading pdf books" process now, since the cost of a hard copy is high and money does not exist...

Books will continue to be published but most readers will read their electronic version.

I suppose b- and e-, and X- whatever coming soon are additional to each other.

We need books to educate on basic knowledge such physics or mathenatics, or information sciences. And we need e-content to find smth. soon for practical implementation and/or to interact actively.

Educationists I believe always consider the reality of heterogeneity of people in terms of ability to learn, and that while some may have the ability, interest, and patience to undertake b-learning or e-learning, there will always be those that will opt for the pedagogical type, on account of ability, interest, and patience considerations.