Textbooks Arenā€™t Written for Students

Having been involved in university teaching and publishing for 25 years, and authored three textbooks for two major publishers, Iā€™ve learned this: Most textbooks arenā€™t written for students. They are written for instructors. Thatā€™s 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

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 canā€™t-live-without devices that you use daily are designed and built by teams of people. Iā€™d like to introduce one of our core teams at zyBooks, ourĀ product developmentĀ team. Thatā€™s me on […]

Zyante Awarded the Prestigious NSF SBIR Phase II Grant to Commercialize zyBooks Authoring Platform

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 […]

The Webā€™s Real Power for Learning

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 thatā€™s how most colleges teach science, technology, engineering, and math […]

Letā€™s breathe interactive life into the common textbook

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 ā€œdoā€ first then read. Some need to ask, others need to share, others need to […]