Screening our textual universe

Moving from paper to screen is causing a paradigm shift in human communication. The salient inherent properties of screens are vastly different from those of print on paper. Therefore the use of screen-based textual communication practices has major repercussions also for education. The choice between paper and screen affects students’ relationship with the texts they need to study; the way they can use them; how much they trust them; how well they remember their contents. Ultimately, screens represent a different concept of knowledge.