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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28. 2014
What's the weather, Jay?
WEDNESDAY
— weather.com
HI: 47
LO: 29
Sunny. Zero percent chance of rain.Wind S at 19 mph.
At least there's sun?
HI:31
LO:17
THURSDAY
HI: 46
LO: 21
Cloudy. 10 percent chance of rain. Wind Wat at 13 mph.
Cloudy. Zero percent chance of rain. Wind NNE at 13 mph.
Good bye, sun.
FRIDAY
Come back, sun!
Tuesday, Jan. 28
Calendar
What: July 1914: Countdown to War
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Lied Center Pavilion
About: Sean McMeekin, a visiting professor from Turkey, will lecture about the causes of World War I.
What: Science on Tap: Bullying throughout the lifespan When: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Where: Free State Brewing Company About: Professor Robert Harrington will lead a discussion of research and topics related to bullying throughout various life situations.
What: Chet Cadieux presents QuikTrip: A Values Based Business"
When: 4 to 5 p.m.
Where: Lied Center
About: Chet Cadieux is the chairman president and CEO of the QuikTrip corporation. This event is presented by the School of Business Dean's Executive Lecture series and is free to the public.
Wednesday, Jan. 29
Thursday, Jan. 30
What: Facing Genocide and Its Aftermath Seminar When: 3:30 to 5 p.m. Where: Hall Center, Seminar Room 1 About: John Janzen, an anthropology professor, and Nimrod Rosler, a visiting assistant professor in the Jewish Studies program, will speak. The topics are "Deciphering Images and Voices of War: Trauma in Africa's Great Lakes Region" and "Israel-Palestine: Negotiating Peace & Land."
Friday, Jan. 31
What: Lunar New Year Party
When: 5 to 7 p.m.
Where: ECM Center
About: An international program event celebrating the Year of the Horse. Food, music games and other activities are free and open to the public. Lessons in making dump- lings and mochi will start at 3 p.m. before the event.
Research finds e-textbooks inefficient
LOGAN SCHLOSSBERG news@kansan.com
Electronic textbooks, although cheaper and more portable than print textbooks, are starting to cause health and psychological problems for students across the nation.
According to a study at Indiana State University, online textbooks give students eye strains along with short-term memory loss of the learned information.
Jim Johnson, a researcher for this study, said in a Chicago Tribune article that some students get nauseous after only 30 minutes of looking at a tablet device. Studying for tests can require much more time, causing more eyestrain and headaches for students.
"You have to consider personal preferences and comfort," said Ruth Ann Atchley, department chair of psychology at the University of Kansas. "There's strengths and weaknesses to each. Electronic media of all kinds can create eyestrain. When it comes down to it we stare at these devices anyway whether it be an iPad, cell phone or electronic textbook."
A study done at James Madison University found that e-textbook readers also tend to skim and skip pages more
often than print textbook readers.
"I'll sit down and get ready to do my homework then my e-textbook won't load or some technical problem will happen, making it a lot harder to get my work done," said Emma Pennington, a sophomore from Fairway. According to a survey done by the Babson Survey Research Group, over 62 percent of all higher education universities have online classes. Many classes on campus are becoming online classes or involve some sort of online interaction for notes, quizzes, or even exams.
USABILITY
As the term 'implies, usability has to do with whether people can use a document either a print document or a digital document, such as a Web site—for the purpose they can reasonably expect the document to fulfill. The notion of usability testing evaluation is associated today with Web design in particular, and many quantitative research strategies exist for evaluating prototyped or existing Web should, also be evaluated for their usability. A document is said to be usable when people can find the information they are looking for in a reasonably straightforward way a reasonable amount of time, and with a minimum of frustration and labor worth you can imagine, some of these characteristics can be objectively measured during ability test. However, usability testing may also probe more subjective qualities such as the user's sense of satisfaction with the document or whether the user wants to be a customer of the business that produced the document. The usability of a print or digital document cannot be evaluated without utilization in which it will be used—the people who will use it. The physical environment in which they will use it.
a study done at the University of Washington showed that 75 percent of students did not use the e-textbooks to take notes because of how difficult it was. With e-textbooks, they found that it takes more time and effort to type in notes, highlight sentences, and bookmark pages causing less time focusing
"I give my lectures in class and don't post them online because it is important for students to know how to take notes and pick out the important stuff", said Claire Forgacs, a graduate student and geography teacher at the University of Kansas. "If you put something online students won't take notes from it."
and taking in the material. Alex Thayer, leader of the study, said that e-textbooks "don't allow for cognitive mapping," a process that uses cues to help memorize where one saw information.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
"Being a student as well as a teacher, I know students won't come to class if readings and assignments are all online." Forgacs said. "It is important for students to know how to take notes and pick out the important stuff."
-Online textbooks can give students eyestrain and short-term memory loss.
-E-textbook readers tend to skim information and skip pages.
SUMMARY POINTS
-According to a study, 75 percent of students use print textbooks rather than e-textbooks.
-62 percent of universities have online classes, according to Babson Survey Research Group.
-E-textbooks affect memorization of information.
UNIVERSITY
Alumnus donates $1M to KU Law School
DALTON KINGERY
news@kansan.com
Frederick "Beau" Gould, a third-generation graduate of the KU School of Law, and his wife, Julie Gould, have donated $1 million to the Law School for scholarships. The Gould Family Scholarship will be offered exclusively to students in the KU School of Law. According to Law School Dean Dr. Stephen Mazza, the entirety of the million dollars will be spent on scholarships.
"We intend to award two full-ride scholarships for Kansas residents and a third, partial scholarship for another student," Mazza said. Beau Gould graduated from the University in 1989, creating a three-generation strong tradition of KU Law graduates. Both Gould's grandfather and father, George R. Gould and George R. Gould
"Law school is extremely competitive and these scholarships will attract top applicants."
BRIAN HUSTON law school student
Jr., earned degrees from the school in 1922 and 1952, respectively.
Gould, now an attorney and real estate investor in Seattle, received scholarship
support during his time at the University, and felt that it was appropriate to give back to the University now that he was financially able to do so. "As a third-generation KU Law graduate, Beau is part of a proud family tradition of Jayhawk lawyers," said University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little in a Law School press release. "This generous gift builds on his family's legacy and will benefit future generations of students who follow in his footsteps by attending the School of Law." Brian Huston, a third-year law student from Overland Park, expressed excitement regarding the new scholarship opportunity.
"Law school is extremely competitive, and these
UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASE KU Law School alumnus Frederick Gould donated $1 million to the school. The money will be used for scholarship funds for the school.
scholarships will attract top applicants," said Huston. "I think it's awesome that Gould
was so generous"
- Edited by Krista Montgomery
CORRECTION
A headline that ran on the front page of Monday's edition incorrectly stated how much weight University student Brandon Johannes lost. The headline stated he lost 500 pounds. He actually lost 250 pounds. To read a full version of the story, with a corrected headline, go to Kansan.com.
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