CuboCube: Student creation of a cancer genetics e-textbook using open-access software for social learning

Mar 7, 2017 1 min read 👏

Publishing date: 2017-03-07

Published on: PLOS Biology

summary: CuboCube is an open-source learning materials creation system designed to facilitate e-textbook development, with an ultimate goal of improving the social learning experience for students. Equipped with crowdsourcing capabilities, CuboCube provides intuitive tools for nontechnical and technical authors alike to create content together in a structured manner. The process of e-textbook development revealed both strengths and challenges of the approach, which can inform future efforts.

authors: Puya Seid-Karbasi, Xin C. Ye, Allen W. Zhang, Nicole Gladish, Suzanne Y. S. Cheng, Katharina Rothe, Jessica A. Pilsworth, Min A. Kang, Natalie Doolittle, Xiaoyan Jiang, Peter C. Stirling, Wyeth W. Wasserman

link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001192

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