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The BWR22 Keynote Provocation

The BWR22 Keynote Provocation

Rethinking the Book : The argument for researching the potential of paper scrolls to improve teaching and learning in higher education . Title : Rethinking the Book : The argument for researching the potential of paper scrolls to improve teaching and learning in higher education .

Authors : Dave Middlebrook textmapping . org , US

Abstract

A few decades ago , a book was just one thing : a stack of paper pages bound between covers . Today , readers can read the same content in a variety of forms and formats , some of them on paper and some of them digital . This has prompted researchers to study the impacts of a book ' s form on reading – to compare the reading affordances of paper and digital books , and to evaluate how these affordances impact reading comprehension . As of this writing , the consensus is that comprehension differences between paper and digital appear to be minor , which raises the question : Might a different kind of book offer better affordances for reading ? Keywords :

scrolls and books , textmapping , academic reading , affordances . DOI :

https :// doi . org / 10.21252 / 6ska-fm15

The main argument in this paper is that scrolls provide a range and quality of affordances for reading that our modern books , whether bound or digital , simply cannot match . As of this writing , this remains a commonsense argument without any research backing , for there appears to be no published research in which the use of scrolls is contemplated . As a consequence , there is an opportunity here for enterprising researchers to break new ground .

At the end of this paper can be found basic instructions on getting started with scrolls . At the beginning is the author ' s contact information . Questions are welcomed . The author declares that he has no competing interests and publishes his work under the CC-BY-4.0 International License ( Creative Commons , 2022 ) Paper # 1 19