Student and Instructor Centered Electronic Textbooks in the Computer Science Curriculum

计算机科学(31)这个项目的目标是提高本科理科课程教科书的有效性。我们在霍普学院的经验和文献表明，目前的教科书存在几个问题，包括在重点、呼吸、深度和水平方面难以使课文与课程需求相匹配。通过开发一种新的教材模式来解决这些问题。该模式的有效性将取决于它在我们的通识教育课程《计算机科学导论》中的应用。这个项目开发了一个电子教科书的原型，其中教师决定教科书的内容。使用传统的教科书内容，以及由教师提供或由学生决定的补充材料。学生使用其他资源(包括学生创建的资源)补充讲师提供的材料。该教科书将学习体验中以前不相连的资源，如家庭作业和实验室实验，整合到一个单一的环境中。学生和教师都有能力对教科书中使用或引用的任何材料进行注释。集成所有这些功能可创建一本可由学生和教师自定义的教科书，并提供学生可用于组织课程可用的学习资源的单一位置。我们的模式的一个重要特点是它被设计为在掌上电脑上运行，使得教科书便于携带，方便学生使用。

Computer Science (31)The goal of this project is to increase the effectiveness of textbooks in the undergraduate science curriculum. Our experience at Hope College and the literature indicates there are several problems with current textbooks, including difficulty in matching texts to course needs in the areas of emphasis, breath, depth and level. These problems are addressed by developing a new textbook model. The effectiveness of the model will be determined by its application in our general education course, Introduction to Computer Science. This project develops a prototype of an electronic textbook where the instructor determines the content of the textbook. Traditional textbook content as well as supplemental materials provided by the instructor or determined by the student is used. Students augment the material supplied by the instructor with other resources, including resources created by the student. The textbook integrates previously disconnected resources in the learning experience, such as homework assignments and laboratory experiments, into a single environment. Both student and instructor have the ability to annotate any of the materials used or referenced in the textbook. Integrating all of these features creates a textbook that is customizable by both student and instructor and provides a single location that students can use to organize the learning resources available for a course. An important feature of our model is that it is designed to run on handheld computers, allowing the textbook to be portable and convenient for students to use.