Thoughts, ideas, and provocations to start the day and to stimulate discussions and conversations. A bit about the development of textbooks, comments on the shift from paper to electronic media, results of a survey of gen Z’s views and experiences, general comments about using textbooks and various materials for teaching and learning.

Bio Miroslav Lovric is a professor of mathematics at McMaster University. His research interests include Riemannian geometry, mathematics and medicine and mathematics education. Miroslav has taught mathematics to a wide variety of students from almost every program. He created a much-needed numeracy course and has been working on modifying the curricula of some of the courses taught in his Department.