OpenStax digital textbooks learn as you learn | Electronics Weekly http://t.co/nNVttMOUqQ via @sharethis #mscedc

My first reaction to this was to wonder how an ebook can ascertain your interest level / prior understanding etc and then deliver the level of material that is best suited to your learning needs, but if they are using algorithms similar to Facebook /Google then this has been proven to work already.  FB / Google has been developing for years and has millions of users; but can OpenStax be as successful with it’s relatively few users.

How will they avoid the ‘filter bubble’ trap? One of the advantages of being a student in a classroom with a teacher and peers is that they are exposed to ideas / material that they may not otherwise discover; will these OpenStax books be programmed to replicate this.