University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
“… a marvelous way to give students the capability of visualizing the relationships between the many, seemingly disparate things they need to learn.”
Mark Morris, Ph.D.
Distinguished ProfessorDivision of Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of California, Los Angeles
“Very useful not only to undergraduates, but also for a variety of other people to explore areas of science on their own.”
Robert P. Gunsalus, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus & Distinguished Research Professor of MicrobiologyDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
“A unique system for studying and learning… will help not only students but also teachers.”
Aldons J. Lusis, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Human Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular GeneticsVice-Chair, Human Genetics
Department Of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
“… offers a fundamentally different approach to facilitating learning.”
Susan Bookheimer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Clinical NeuroscienceDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
“…a unique pedagogical approach… fills a major void in the educational training.”
Ferdinand V. Coroniti, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of PhysicsTheoretical Space Plasma
Department of Physics
University of California, Los Angeles
“…fills an important gap in the learning and teaching in Pathology teaching and other pre-clinical courses.”
Jonathan Braun, M.D., Ph.D.
Physician-researcher,Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Former Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Former Director, JCCC Tumor Immunology Program Area
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
“Carefully constructed … offers an overview of the subject matter in an organized and easy to follow manner … most useful to both undergraduate and graduate students.”
Anthony M. Adinolfi, Ph.D.
Professor EmeritusDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
“I am sure each of the students in those courses (Space and Earth Sciences) would benefit greatly if he or she had access to your system of learning and communication.”
Bruce Runnegar
Professor Emeritus of Earth & Space SciencesDepartment of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
“Your approach to teaching offers a useful way to enhance meaningful, organized learning.”
Merlin C. Wittrock, Ph.D.
Professor EmeritusFormer Head, Division of Educational Psychology
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
“… helps to clarify complex concepts for students.”
Harry Handler, Ph.D.
Emeritus, Special Assistant to the DeanGraduate School of Education & Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
Former Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District
“…very creative, accurate and stimulating.”
Bernard Towers, M.D.
Professor EmeritusProfessor of Anatomy and Psychiatry
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology - Embryology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Southern California (USC)
"... an outstanding and innovative tool to engage students in learning, particularly those who have difficulty learning solely from textbooks and lectures. The tool helps students to visualize the structure of knowledge, to interact with the content in ways that are meaningful to them, and to personalize the content."
Pedro Noguera, PhD
Dean, USC Rossier School of EducationDistinguished Professor of Education
at UCLA and New York University
"Young and adult learners alike who better grasp content pictorially rather than through written language would be sure to benefit from your system and materials. Even strong readers would benefit from being able to see the links and relationships among elements in the written materials.”
Shirley Maxey
Assistant Vice Dean for Academic AffairsAssociate Dean, Leventhal Master’s Programs
Professor of Clinical Accounting
Leventhal School of Accounting
Former Chair, Department of Business Communication
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
“… a valuable approach …helpful to both students and researchers.”
Thomas G. Cummings
Professor of Management and OrganizationMarshall School of Business
University of Southern California
Stanford University
"… holds the promise of being a truly remarkable and productive pedagogic tool.”
Thomas W. Gilligan
Former Director, Hoover InstitutionStanford University
Claremont Graduate University
“…original and potentially very useful… could make a genuine difference in the ways we learn from texts, in the way we organize knowledge, and perhaps even our epistemological strategies.”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Professor Emeritusof Psychology and Management
Co-Director, Quality of Life Research Center
Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management
Claremont Graduate University
New York University (NYU)
“... very interesting, and your idea of displaying text information in a more visual and comprehensible format seems to make a lot of sense. Many of our students have trouble reading dense columns of textual information, and extracting the essence from what they read. I think your approach is novel, and could be a real breakthrough if text becomes widely available in the format.”
Neville Kallenbach
Professor of ChemistryNew York University
Cal State University Northridge (CSUN)
“… accurate, easy to follow and learn.”
Luis Cardenas, M.D.
Former Professor of Histology & BiologyDepartment of Biology
California State University, Northridge
"… for the first time, publishers and creators of educational content will soon be able to convert their materials into a more accessible format for students with learning differences.”
Marshall Raskind, PhD
Former Director of ResearchSchwab Learning
Former Director of
Learning Disabilities Program
Cal State University Northridge
Santa Monica College (SMC)
“… the technique shows how the various parts of a given topic fit together.”
Margaret L. Kline, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryPhysical Sciences Department
Santa Monica College
“… a talent in organizing information … many useful devices to clarify the fundamental principles of science to the student.”
John E. Toivonen, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryPhysical Sciences Department
Santa Monica College
“Their immediate wide-spread availability would be a boon to both teachers and students.”
John F. Harwig, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of ChemistryPhysical Sciences Department
Santa Monica College
“…aids students in seeing the ‘whole picture’…enables students to see how the parts fit into the whole.”
Merle H. Arnold, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus and Chair of ChemistryPhysical Sciences Department
Santa Monica College
“In my experience, I have not encountered such a comprehensive study program.”
Jennifer B. Merlic, Ph.D.
Former Vice President of Academic AffairsFormer Professor of Chemistry
Physical Sciences Department
Santa Monica College
“…this project will be very useful to students as well as teachers.”
Roman Ferede, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryPhysical Sciences Department
Santa Monica College
“I was very impressed with the originality of the concept and with the thought and effort that has been put into this project.”
Nuria Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Professor of PhysicsPhysics Department
Santa Monica College
“… would fill an important gap in the learning process.”
Jeffrey Bresloff, Ph.D.
Professor of PhysicsPhysics Department
Santa Monica College
“The concept is straightforward, and one with which I agree completely.”
Lucy W. Kluckhohn, M.S.
Professor Emeritus of MicrobiologyMicrobiology & Life Science Department
Santa Monica College
“In over 25 years of teaching mathematics at both the high school and community college level I have never seen such a well-organized and accessible student resource for algebra… invaluable for students enrolled in courses from beginning algebra through the calculus.”
Fran Manion, M.S.
Former Chair and Professor of MathematicsMathematics Department
Santa Monica College
“I have never seen as well thought-out a system for learning … a genuine system of how to organize and present material.”
John R. Kennedy, M.S.
Professor EmeritusMathematics Department
Co-author of the text Prealgebra For College Students
Santa Monica College
“… quite innovative and its top-down approach makes a lot of sense.”
Michael Chitgar, Ph.D.
Adjunct ProfessorMathematics and Computer Information Systems
Santa Monica College
“… a truly remarkable organizational scheme to aid students in learning and retention of in a wide range of subjects.”
Jackie Lanum, Ph.D.
Professor of PsychologyBehavioral Studies Department
Santa Monica College
“I have taught classes in psychology at the community college level for over 15 years and encountered close to 10,000 students… brings a degree of organization and integration to complex material which is unique in my experience.”
Richard L. Russell, Ph.D.
Professor of PsychologyBehavioral Studies Department
Santa Monica College
Ventura College
"... truly breathtaking in terms of pedagogy."
P. Scott Corbett, Ph.D.
Professor of HistoryVenture College
Senior Contributing Author of OpenStax U.S. History