Credits
Support
This project would not have been possible without the support of a grant from the University of York's Strategic Learning and Teaching Fund to Emma Rand and the Department of Biology's continued willingness to allow staff time to work on innovative teaching projects. Particular thanks go to Deputy HoD, James Moir and Board of Studies Chair, Thorunn Helgason.
Contributors
Lecturer Kim Simpson and many students in the Biology department contributed to the design of the app.
Ellena Crane helped design the lessons in the early part of development and later converted questions into JSON format for uploading to the app data base.
The following focus group members helped shape the structure of the lessons: Gabi Ecclestone, Julian Froment, Jingyu Hua, Katherine Avery, Sarah MacDonald, Anna Fullelove, John Parry, Gregor Forrest, and Haroldas Bagdonas
Many students suggested names for the app and inspired us.
A group of 40 anonymous students tested and gave feedback on the prototype.