The digital photobiology compendium: perspectives on a web-based teaching tool from learners and developers.

Photochem Photobiol Sci

Istituto di BioFisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche, Pisa, Italy.

Published: August 2004

The DPC offers many benefits for learners, teachers and developers involved in creation of teaching materials in photobiology. Modifications and additions can be made relatively easily. Anonymous peer review of modules, allowing them to be cited as peer reviewed publications, is likely to encourage new submissions.

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