Wake Forest awarded $250,000 for e-textbook development
Dan Johnson (left) and Jed Makosco
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations have awarded Wake Forest University $250,000 for further development of Biobook, a new kind of e-textbook created by Teaching Associate Professor of Biology Dan Johnson and Associate Professor of Physics Jed Macosko.
Biobook offers content in an unconventional way. Unlike the traditional heavy and expensive textbooks of old, the $30 Biobook is accessible by smart-phone, tablet or computer. It breaks down complex and lengthy topics into small, manageable chunks of knowledge that can be changed and updated as educators see fit.
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Johnson to speak at Tech Briefing
A presentation by senior biology lecturer Dan Johnson will be among 10 presentations made at the 12th annual Tech Briefing on Thursday, Sept. 12, at Winston-Salem’s Benton Convention Center. The briefing will open the Business & Innovation Expo presented by the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce. The briefing and expo are free and open to the public. The briefing will run from 8 to 9:30 a.m., and the expo will continue until 3 p.m.
Johnson will speak on BioBook, an electronic learning tool that offers biology content in an innovative, unconventional manner. Developed by Johnson and other Wake Forest researchers, BioBook is an e-textbook accessible by smart-phone, tablet or computer.
Presentations will be made, also, by representatives of the following: Advanced Fraud Solutions, Global Future Solutions, Green Cycle Design Group, HCEC, Laudiss Labs, Novant Health, SECCA, Wake Forest Innovations, West Third Street Media.
The briefing is sponsored by Cook Medical, DataChambers, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
UPDATE: See coverage in the Winston-Salem Journal »
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