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Interactive E-Textbook Design: Enhancing Electric Circuits Learning

Develop an e-textbook with interactive elements for Electric Circuits class, focusing on engaging features like videos, quizzes, and slides while ensuring clarity and accuracy. Research, design, and test using iBooks Author software. Gather feedback on font, color, and interactive features from ECpE Department students.

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Interactive E-Textbook Design: Enhancing Electric Circuits Learning

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  1. Electronic Book for EE 201 May 13-18 Members: Vanessa Chan, AkmalSazali, Xu Yao, Patrick Darland Client/Advisor: DionysiosAliprantis

  2. Team May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis • Vanessa Chan (EE) • Team Leader • Communication Liaison • AkmalSazali (EE) • Technical Leader • Xu Yao (EE) • Patrick Darland (EE)

  3. 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

  4. Design Approach Three phase project • Research • Software • Colors • Format • Design • Testing • Difference in appearance in computer vsiPad • Survey students • Client

  5. Research Book Component

  6. 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

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis Implement research

  10. May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis

  11. Color Combinations

  12. May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis Testing

  13. 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?

  14. 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.

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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.

  18. 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

  19. 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.

  20. Project Demo

  21. Questions May13-18 Client: Dr. Aliprantis

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