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ACONTINUALIMPROVEMENTPARADIGMFORMODERNONLINETEXTBOOKS
FrankVahid1,3,DanieldeHaas3,SarahStrawn3,AlexEdgcomb1,3,SusanLysecky3,RomanLysecky2,3,
1Dept.ofComputerScienceandEngineering,UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside(USA)2Dept.ofElectricalandComputerEngineering,Univ.ofArizona
3zyBooks,LosGatos,California
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InteracYvetextbook–Lesstext
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InteracYvetextbook–Simulators
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InteracYvetextbook–AnimaYons
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InteracYvetextbook–LearningquesYons
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EdiYonsparadigm
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1stediYon,2010
2ndediYon,2012
3rdediYon,2015
Authors
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EdiYonsparadigm
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ThewebenablesabreakfromtradiYon…
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ConYnualimprovementparadigm
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1stediYon
Input:Users
Output:ImprovementsAuthors
30minutes–24hours
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ConYnualimprovementparadigm-Input
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1stediYon
Input:Users
Output:ImprovementsAuthors
30minutes–24hours
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Inputsource:First-Ymeincorrectdata
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Inputsource:First-Ymeincorrectdata
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Awronganswerindicates:
• Needbedercontent
• UnclearquesYon
• “Trick”quesYon
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Inputsource:Earnestness
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Studentscanshowtheanswertogetpoints
EarnestnessanalysisindicatesifaquesYonistoohardorconfusing
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Inputsource:Userfeedback
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Inputsource:Userfeedback
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Inputsource:Userfeedback
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ConYnualimprovementparadigm-Output
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1stediYon
Input:Users
Output:ImprovementsAuthors
• Incrementalupdates• Approximatelyyearlyreleases
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Conclusion
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• Thewebenablesaneweraofpublishing• Unmaintainedfreecontentdegrades• NoneedforarYficialediYons• Thewebenablesdiverseandfrequentfeedback• Weaggressivelysolicitandcapturefeedbackandhaveprocessestoactonthatfeedbackquickly
Whatwe’vedoneparallelsthesojwareindustry
WearegratefulforsupportofthisresearchbytheNSFandGoogle.
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QuesYons?
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