A constructivist approach to e-text design for use in undergraduate physiology courses.

@article{Rhodes2015ACA,
  title={A constructivist approach to e-text design for use in undergraduate physiology courses.},
  author={Ashley E. Rhodes and Timothy G. Rozell},
  journal={Advances in physiology education},
  year={2015},
  volume={39 3},
  pages={
          172-80
        }
}
Electronic textbooks, or e-texts, will have an increasingly important role in college science courses within the next few years due to the rising costs of traditional texts and the increasing availability of software allowing instructors to create their own e-text. However, few guidelines exist in the literature to aid instructors in the development and design specifically of e-texts using sound learning theories; this is especially true for undergraduate physiology e-texts. In this article, we… 
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