Olivia Reid Students study in the Quinn Administration Building. The most obvious barrier to paperless classrooms is access to technology. A digital classroom gives students who can’t come to campus every day, are sick often or are struggling with outside responsibilities better access to classroom materials so they don’t fall behind on schoolwork. Not every student will find completely paperless or completely paper-based classrooms fully accessible; some students will always need paper-based accommodations and vice versa. Instead of completely embracing a digital classroom or shunning it entirely—or, as it stands right now, languishing in uncertainty about the future of our classrooms—we need to pick a middle ground and commit to it.

Source: New York Times January 22, 2024 18:01 UTC