Interactive Textbook

该项目正在提供将LaTeX文档转换为交互式课程材料的开源工具。对于现在被互动媒体包围的学生来说，这种材料正在增加对主动学习的需求，并导致教育成果的收益。对于研究人员，该平台正在提供量化数据，解决纯发现和引导发现之间正在进行的辩论，以及关于基于探究和建构主义教学法的有效性的辩论。由于许多STEM研究人员和STEM教育工作者对使用几乎无处不在的标记语言LaTeX感到满意，该项目使这些内容专家能够以令人信服和互动的方式广泛传播他们的科学理解和参与课程材料。该项目正在加强研究和教育的基础设施。例如，使用该平台，研究人员能够准确地测量学生与互动活动的各个组成部分进行互动的时间和方式。从这些数据中，研究人员对学生的学习有了更深入的了解，同时内容作者收到了关于哪些活动特别有效的宝贵反馈。该项目是从工业或用户体验(UX)设计师的角度进行评估的，解决了作者和学生体验的问题。由此产生的内容创作工具可以在网络上以开源软件的形式获得。为了确保广泛传播和增加用户专门知识，一个为期五天的讲习班正在为内容作者提供培训。

This project is providing open-source tools for converting LaTeX documents into interactive course materials. For students, who are now surrounded by interactive media, such materials are increasing demand for active learning and are leading to gains in educational outcomes. For researchers, the platform is providing quantitative data addressing the ongoing debate between pure and guided discovery and the debate over the effectiveness of inquiry-based and constructivist pedagogy. Since many STEM researchers and STEM educators are comfortable with using the near-ubiquitous markup language LaTeX, this project is making it possible for these content experts to broadly disseminate their scientific understanding and engaging course materials in a compelling and interactive way.The project is enhancing the infrastructure for research and education. For example, using the platform, a researcher is able to measure exactly how much time and in what way a student engages with the various components of an interactive activity. From this data, the researcher is gaining insight into student learning, while the content author is receiving valuable feedback about what activities are particularly effective.The project is being evaluated from the point-of-view of an industrial or UX (user experience) designer, addressing questions of author and student experience. The resulting content authoring tools are available as open-source software on the web. To ensure broad dissemination and to increase user expertise, a five-day workshop is providing training to content authors.