I just wonder if learning by reading from a book is different than from a tablet/computer

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3. You are correct

Both of my daughters prefer hard copy books to tablet driven books. My younger daughter even feels that her learning is better with the whiteboard than Powerpoint for lectures. For engineering problems a book is still the best way to go. That way you can look back at example solutions without being guided to a specific example solution (like certain problem software currently does). Understanding which examples apply is a big of the learning experience.

I even find the actual physical book is more satisfying for a History class than an IPAD book. My daughter is currently taking a History course in which she is reading the earlier edition of the textbook and I am reading the current edition on the IPAD. The electronic books main advantage is its word search feature.

Scientific American has an article about the difference in learning between an electronic book and a physical book. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-paper-screens/