The class experience is different, but more profound are the effects of the paperless environment outside the classroom. Below, my brief review of this new world, the beauty and the bugs. I have immediate access to whatever I need, and materials are impossible to lose. Given that Professor Ender keeps students well supplied with datasets, help sheets, programming tips and computer runs, this brand of storage saves a lot of fumbling with notebooks and file folders.
Updated versions are always hot off the press, and the superseded magically disappear.
Of course, you must be on the net to keep up in class, but in the long run, this is a plus for anyone who plans to do research. The lack of physical flexibility takes some getting used to. I have to sit at the computer to do all classwork. I can't cuddle up on the couch with that fuzzy feeling you get from holding a book. And at this stage, cross-referencing is a problem, especially when the viewing software doesn't allow switching back and forth between other programs.