Are Research Papers Obsolete? - Alan Jacobs - Technology - The Atlantic

Are Research Papers Obsolete? - Alan Jacobs - Technology - The Atlantic

While new pedagogical aids make sense for students, let's not forget that professors are desperate to escape the old ways of teaching, too.

A few days ago, Matt Richtel wrote a piece for the New York Times about the traditional undergraduate term paper, or research paper, and how professors like Cathy Davidson of Duke are abandoning it in favor of blogs (among other things).