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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"eTextbooks"”.
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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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Lost in the cloud : cultural lag in the transition to eTextbooks.
… 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 electronic textbook delivery is cost efficient, saving the …
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The use of social media on mobile devices to support the co-reading of eTextbooks
… with internal forums, which are embedded inside eTextbooks, was created. The traditional form of rendering discussions as a standalone platform was also presented as a control system. Our objectives were to determine if the presentation of discussion forums inside resources affect the number and …
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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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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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Digital literacy practices of engineering students and lecturers using e- textbooks at a university of technology in South Africa
… order, and the usage of affordances of etextbooks. The study identified four distinct patterns in how students interact with e-textbooks, noting that the majority favoured a blend of multimedia and other digital features over traditional textbased reading practices. A few 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 …
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Improving the Interoperability of the OpenDSA eTextbook System
… into an LTI tool provider, allowing for OpenDSA eTextbooks to be integrated with the Canvas LMS. In this thesis, we further explore the problem of connecting educational systems while documenting challenges, issues, and design rationales. We expand upon the existing OpenDSA LTI infrastructure by …
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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 …