A CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT PARADIGM FOR MODERN ONLINE …

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

EdiYonsparadigm

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ThewebenablesabreakfromtradiYon…

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ConYnualimprovementparadigm

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1stediYon

Input:Users

Output:ImprovementsAuthors

30minutes–24hours

ConYnualimprovementparadigm-Input

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1stediYon

Input:Users

Output:ImprovementsAuthors

30minutes–24hours

Inputsource:First-Ymeincorrectdata

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Inputsource:First-Ymeincorrectdata

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Awronganswerindicates:

•  Needbedercontent

•  UnclearquesYon

•  “Trick”quesYon

Inputsource:Earnestness

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Studentscanshowtheanswertogetpoints

EarnestnessanalysisindicatesifaquesYonistoohardorconfusing

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

Conclusion

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•  Thewebenablesaneweraofpublishing•  Unmaintainedfreecontentdegrades•  NoneedforarYficialediYons•  Thewebenablesdiverseandfrequentfeedback•  Weaggressivelysolicitandcapturefeedbackandhaveprocessestoactonthatfeedbackquickly

Whatwe’vedoneparallelsthesojwareindustry

WearegratefulforsupportofthisresearchbytheNSFandGoogle.

QuesYons?

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