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Electronic Book for EE 201. May 13-18 Members: Vanessa Chan, Akmal Sazali , Xu Yao, Patrick Darland Client/Advisor: Dionysios Aliprantis. Team. May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis. Vanessa Chan (EE) Team Leader Communication Liaison Akmal Sazali (EE) Technical Leader Xu Yao (EE)
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Electronic Book for EE 201 May 13-18 Members: Vanessa Chan, AkmalSazali, Xu Yao, Patrick Darland Client/Advisor: DionysiosAliprantis
Team May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis • Vanessa Chan (EE) • Team Leader • Communication Liaison • AkmalSazali (EE) • Technical Leader • Xu Yao (EE) • Patrick Darland (EE)
May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis Project Statement • Technical evaluation of e-book development apps • Design e-textbook for Electric Circuits class. • Primary Objectives: • Interactive elements • Videos, quizzes, slides • Book must be clear, concise and accurate • Elements should have proper justification
Design Approach Three phase project • Research • Software • Colors • Format • Design • Testing • Difference in appearance in computer vsiPad • Survey students • Client
Format Criteria May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis • Design for How People Learn by Julie Dirksen • Context: The framework and conditions • Challenge: A stimulus to action within the context • Activity: A physical response to the challenge • Feedback: A reflection of the effectiveness of the learners action
Color Selection • Red/yellow color range= promote brain activity • Blue/green color range= relaxes the person • Widgets • Selected colors that increases contrast and readability • Teal • Yellow • Font • Selection of font based on contrast with respect to background color.
May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis Design Software iBooks Author • Pros • Display Latex equations • Easy formatting media files • Interactive widgets • Cons • Designed to work only on Mac iOS • Outputs only to iPad
May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis Implement research
May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis
May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis Testing
May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis Testing Product • Surveyed students in the ECpE Department (EE, CprE, SE) • The students interacted with the iPad on their own and took a survey with questions such as their opinion on: • Font • Size of font • Color on the different elements • Equation display • Pictures • Which interactive feature they found useful?
Technical Challenges • Software Consideration • Difficulties: • Design platform with minimal coding • Solution: • Sigil and iBook Author are the two best design software that we found. However iBook's Author is our best bet since it has a better user interface.
Technical Challenges • Creating a consistent template for iBooksAuthor • Difficulties: • Landscape and portrait template will not change simultaneously with one another • Position of elements will not fit every purpose • Solution: • Make modification on both landscape and portrait format • Create a template • Format the media placeholders so that they wont interfere with texts on the page
Technical Challenges • Interactive way to present solution • Difficulties • iBook's Author does not allow us to embed solution for each problem • No logic mechanism where we can restrict the user from accessing the next question • Solution • Embed a keynote presentation file into the book • Omit the logic mechanism and use a step-by-step solution would be a better approach to guide the student through the problems
Technical Challenges • Taking full advantage of widgets • Difficulties • Need access to different software. • Need to excellent coding skill. • Solution • Use widgets that we need the most. • Focus more on certain widgets.
May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis E-Textbook Advantages • Interactive features engage the brain more to enhance the learning experience. • Supports video and audio • Bookmark important pages or equations • Carry dozens of e-textbooks on one reader • Quick searches
Source • Mauna Sue Duggan. (2009). A critical examination of the effects of colored paper on the academic achievement of fourth graders in reading comprehension and vocabulary. Available: http://etd.auburn.edu/etd/bitstream/handle/10415/1622/Dr%20Sue%20Duggan.pdf. Last accessed Apr 2013. • Julie Dirksen. Design for How People Learn. USA: New Riders, 2012. Print. • John D. Bransford et al. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School. USA: National Academy Press, 2000. Print. • "iBooksAuthor”. Create and publish amazing Multi-Touch books for ipad “iBookAuthor”.Apple Inc., 19 Jan 2012. Web. 16 Mar 2013.
Questions May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis