Having been involved in university teaching and publishing for 25 years, and authored three textbooks for two major publishers, Iāve learned this: Most textbooks arenāt written for students. They are written for instructors. Thatās because instructors make the adoption decisions.Ā At zyBooks, from day one we insisted thatĀ zyBooks are to be written for students.Ā That means: […]
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Sometimes in the midst of all the great tech that surrounds us, it can be easy to forget that the cool websites, great apps, and canāt-live-without devices that you use daily are designed and built by teams of people. Iād like to introduce one of our core teams at zyBooks, ourĀ product developmentĀ team. Thatās me on […]
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Zyante, the company that produces zyBooks, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II grant by the National Science Foundation. The award, in the Education Application category, is the result of a rigorously competitive application process and is indicative of the innovative work being done on zyBooks. Fewer than 10% of […]
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Would you send your child to a piano instructor who teaches by playing in front of 50 students, testing and grading them every few weeks, and moving on? Probably not. Except for those with an initial knack or extra-strong commitment, most students would quit. Yet thatās how most colleges teach science, technology, engineering, and math […]
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Students learn in a variety of ways ā they listen, read, create, speak, share, engage, ask, get assessed, receive feedback, get mentored, and eventually maybe become a mentor themselves. Some need to read less and listen more, others need to ādoā first then read. Some need to ask, others need to share, others need to […]
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Textbooks Arenāt Written for Students
in Staff Stories/by zyBooks StaffHaving been involved in university teaching and publishing for 25 years, and authored three textbooks for two major publishers, Iāve learned this: Most textbooks arenāt written for students. They are written for instructors. Thatās because instructors make the adoption decisions.Ā At zyBooks, from day one we insisted thatĀ zyBooks are to be written for students.Ā That means: […]
Meet the zyBooks development team
in Staff Stories/by zyBooks StaffSometimes in the midst of all the great tech that surrounds us, it can be easy to forget that the cool websites, great apps, and canāt-live-without devices that you use daily are designed and built by teams of people. Iād like to introduce one of our core teams at zyBooks, ourĀ product developmentĀ team. Thatās me on […]
Zyante Awarded the Prestigious NSF SBIR Phase II Grant to Commercialize zyBooks Authoring Platform
in Press Releases/by zyBooks StaffZyante, the company that produces zyBooks, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II grant by the National Science Foundation. The award, in the Education Application category, is the result of a rigorously competitive application process and is indicative of the innovative work being done on zyBooks. Fewer than 10% of […]
The Webās Real Power for Learning
in Staff Stories/by zyBooks StaffWould you send your child to a piano instructor who teaches by playing in front of 50 students, testing and grading them every few weeks, and moving on? Probably not. Except for those with an initial knack or extra-strong commitment, most students would quit. Yet thatās how most colleges teach science, technology, engineering, and math […]
Letās breathe interactive life into the common textbook
in On The Web/by zyBooks StaffStudents learn in a variety of ways ā they listen, read, create, speak, share, engage, ask, get assessed, receive feedback, get mentored, and eventually maybe become a mentor themselves. Some need to read less and listen more, others need to ādoā first then read. Some need to ask, others need to share, others need to […]