Use of CD-ROMs in Higher Education?

MooseMcMad asks: "I am a 16-year old in England + have just started a new school year working towards my AS-Level exams at the end of the year. I was surprised to receive a CD-ROM at the start of my Physics lesson and told that this contained the syllabus + relevant reading material for my course. Where does this leave many schools (particularly state schools), where the pupils may not have access to a computer? I don't know anything about any precedents for this but it was certainly amusing watching the teacher try and fumble about with the software." Cool idea! This makes a lot of sense for college students as it cuts down on the paperwork they have to keep track of (and possibly lose) and keeps everything in one easy to access place. Of course, if you don't have a computer, you are still stuck with the reams of notes and loose paper and the 20 pound text book. When they can put text books on CDs, I'll really be impressed.