Dive Summary:
- In response to negative feedback after implementing e-textbooks, Kansas State University professor Brian Lindshield has designed a new, free digital textbook to make educational content more accessible.
- Known as the "flexbook", Lindshield's new e-textbook contains illustrations, figures and internet content adapted for personalized learning.
- Lindshield's flexbook has received widespread acceptance among students and is nominated for "Most Open Resource" at the Education-Portal.com People's Choice Awards.
From the article:
The assistant professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University has developed an online teaching product that relies on so-called flexbook technology. That's "flex" as in flexibility. ...