Physics textbooks have long relied on static diagrams to explain dynamic phenomena, leaving students to imagine how concepts like motion or energy unfold in real life. However, a new tool called ...

Last spring I wrote about Nature Publishing Group’s plan for a $49 electronic textbook packed with interactivity and unlimited content updates for life. The original publication date was scheduled for ...

Nature, the folks who brought you the free life sciences learning community Scitable, are today announcing “Principles of Biology”, a college level electronic textbook. Building upon the ...

A trio of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has created the first-ever fully interactive advanced organic chemistry textbook, called "The Portable Chemist’s Consultant: A Survival Guide ...

Kno turns old-fashioned educational textbooks into interactive learning experiences. Adding links, multimedia and features like flashcards and quizzes, Kno already offers a powerful experience for ...

Principles of Biology is a “born digital” textbook, with all materials designed specifically for consumption by students via browsers on desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Each of the 196 ...

Mary Kay helps BYU student Sean Havas buy a textbook in the BYU Bookstore. RedShelf is trying to create a more interactive experience for students purchasing digital textbooks. The BYU Store and ...

A recent article from IntuIdeas, “Clickable Paper Book, Introduction to Graphic Communication, Reaches Adoption Milestone,” describes how an interactive printed textbook became a “best seller” for ...

As an undergraduate student majoring in chemistry and biochemistry, I spent a lot of money on science textbooks. When classes ended, I kept all of my books instead of selling them back for pennies on ...

With just an iPad, students in any classroom across the world could soon reimagine the ordinary diagrams in any physics textbook—transforming these static images into 3D simulations that run, leap or ...