A Critique on the use of Online and Digital Media
Posted by Lovable Leona on July 23, 2008
Encyclopedia Britannica 2007: Ultimate Reference Suite DVD
This encyclopedia provides three (3) exclusive, complete and easy to use encyclopedia’s specifically designed for adults, students and children.
Its features are the following:
- Virtual Notecards
- Interactive Article & Media Tours
- 100,000+ Articles and 22,000 Photos & Maps
- 166,000+ Magazine & Web Links
- MULTIMEDIA CONTENT, Atlas, Timelines, Dictionary & Thesaurus
- Homework Helpdesk
Aside from its capabilities, we can also encounter its limitation with the fast changing tecnology . Compatibility to work with the latest versions of operating system is its limitation. Actually I myself, felt frustrated when I cannot use this encyclopedia. Because basing from its summary presented at the cover, I think it can be useful in giving background information ro researches. In addition to what have been mentioned, another major problem arises. Nowadays, students are lazy enough to do their assignment that they are opt to copy everything and will not even care to read it. And sad to say, they also print out multiple copies of it to give it to their fellow classmates.
Being a librarian, I myself encountered students who are opt to just copy and paste their assignments from the internet without bothering to read its content. They also want to produce multiple copies of it for their classmates. Upon knowing their hidden agenda, we do not allow them to print their documents because it will only encourage them to be lazy.
