Stand-up lectures give way to online apps TABLET computers are forcing major changes at Australian universities. Age-old stand-up lectures are being usurped by iPad apps and one university is trashing the textbook business model by organising free texts on students' iPads. The University of Sydney business school has developed what it says is "the world's first interactive digital textbook app to cover an entire university course." The app is being marketed internationally as an iBook app for Apple's iPad.