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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"eTextbook"”.
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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 …
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Improving the Interoperability of the OpenDSA eTextbook System
… example of such a learning tool is the OpenDSA eTextbook system which provides materials that cover a variety of Computer Science-related topics, incorporating hundreds of interactive visualizations and auto-graded exercises. Previous work turned OpenDSA into an LTI tool provider, allowing for …
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A study of the Illinois ESL etextbook from the perspective of students and instructors
… advancement of technology, the utilization of etextbooks as an educational tool has become a common practice in many different educational institutions in the US and other parts of the world. In such a context, student and instructor perspectives regarding etextbooks have been the focus of …
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Lost in the cloud : cultural lag in the transition to eTextbooks.
… 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 textbooks has undergone a dramatic increase and it is believed that …
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Detecting Credit-Seeking Behavior on Programmed Instruction Framesets
When students use an online eTextbook with content and interactive graded exercises, they often display aspects of two types of behavior: credit-seeking, and knowledge-seeking. Any given student might behave to some degree in either way in a given assignment. In this work, we look at multiple …
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Teaching Formal Languages through Visualizations, Machine Simulations, Auto-Graded Exercises, and Programmed Instruction
… we seek to develop a new Formal Languages eTextbook capable of conveying these concepts more intuitively. The PI approach has students read a little, ideally a sentence or a paragraph, and then answer a question or complete an exercise related to that information. Based on the question …
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Categorizing and Comparing Students' Interactions in eTextbooks
The rise of interactive eTextbooks opens new opportunities for enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. However, analyzing student interactions within these digital platforms remains challenging. This study examines student engagement profiles in OpenDSA, an interactive eTextbook for …
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Disseminating Learning Tools Interoperability Standards
… case of how LTI is implemented in the OpenDSA eTextbook system. As another use case, we have enabled auto-grading of Jupyter Notebook assignments by providing immediate feedback to students and updating scores to the Canvas gradebook. We provide a Jupyter plugin to upload notebook files to the …
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Design and Implementation of OpenDSA Interoperable Infrastructure
OpenDSA is a system for creating rich eTextbooks that combine quality text with visualizations and interactive, auto-graded exercises. As OpenDSA gains recognition, its use increases each year. This mandates a scalable, reliable, and sustainable infrastructure to accommodate the fast-growing demand …
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An Interactive Tutorial for NP-Completeness
… collection of modules in OpenDSA, an interactive eTextbook system developed at Virginia Tech. The tutorial has been introduced as a teaching supplement in both a senior undergraduate and a graduate class. We present an analysis of the system use based on records of online interactions by students …
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Building and Evaluating a Learning Environment for Data Structures and Algorithms Courses
… There are also new electronic textbooks (eTextbooks) that incorporate the ability to edit and execute program examples. For many traditional courses, a longstanding problem is lack of sufficient practice exercises with feedback to the student. Automated assessment provides a way to …