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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Electronic Textbook"”.
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VText: A Plug-in Extension to Add Electronic Textbook Functionality to Microsoft OneNote
Electronic textbooks are different from ebooks (electronic books) in that they allow the user to go beyond just reading material on a computer screen. Electronic textbooks encourage the user to accomplish all of the operations typically performed with a hardcopy text in addition to some functions …
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Lost in the cloud : cultural lag in the transition to eTextbooks.
The age of electronic textbook delivery is upon us. On the national level, the Department of Education is advocating eTextbook delivery in K-12. President Obama recommends that eTextbooks be employed in K-12 education by 2017. In economic hard times, these measures may make good sense. The cost of …
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Evaluating the Integration of Online, Interactive Tutorials into a Data Structures and Algorithms Course
OpenDSA is a collection of open source tutorials for teaching data structures and algorithms. It was created with the goals of visualizing complex, abstract topics; increasing the amount of practice material available to students; and providing immediate feedback and incremental assessment. In this …
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Interactive Visualization for Novice Learners
Iteration, the repetition of computational steps, is a core concept in programming. Students usually learn about iteration in an entry-level Computer Science class. Virginia Tech's Computational Thinking (CT) course is designed to teach non-CS majors computing skills and new ways of thinking. The …
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Analyzing Student Session Data in an eTextbook
… interact with online learning platforms and eTextbooks, they generate massive amounts of data. For example, the OpenDSA eTextbook system collects clickstream data as users interact with prose, visualizations, and interactive auto-graded exercises. Ideally, instructors and system developers can …