Interactive Textbook Authoring and Learning Tool for Python by Riyaadh Kajee & Julian Kanjere

 Students with no prior programming experience struggle with introductory programming courses  Hands on approach to learning programming – interactive assessments  LMS has limited collaboration, is not always specific to programming and complex  Online Compilers and Code Markers have limited collaboration, and sometimes poor feedback

 Image source: codepad.org  iTextBook Python will allow for context specific collaboration and feedback from automatic marker Limited collaboration Poor Feedback

 Instructors – Authoring Interactive Programming Textbooks  Students – Learning Programming for students from all backgrounds (with / without prior programming experience)

 CRUD of textbooks with embedded text, audio and video if available  Set different types of Assessments  Binary Questions (i.e. True/False)  MCQ  Coding (online compiler, code comparison with no need for compiling)  Collaboration with students  Site Statistics

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 Support for reading, highlighting, notepad  Automatic Marking of Programming (Coding) Assessments  Collaboration amongst students and instructors  Hints when completing assessments  Recommendations for topics to review

 Less steep learning curve for introductory programming  Context Specific Collaboration amongst students and instructors  Personalized feedback to the learner  Visual and Verbal stimulation for the students  More platforms (Web & Android) = greater accessibility  Contribution to Open Educational Resources

 Web Based (Julian Kanjere)  HTML, CSS  Server Side Processing (PHP)  HCI  Tablet Based (Riyaadh Kajee)  Android  Java  HCI  Database (Combined Effort)  SQLite / MySQL

 Ideal for small teams  Emphasizes paired programming.  Allows the client to be actively involved in the project.  Iterative Development

UserEvaluationPurpose Student Questionnaire with closed questions as well as open ended to cater for student description (Marsden and Jones 2006)  To solicit requirements for interactive learning tool (before/during development of iTextBook Python)  To receive feedback after use of iTextBook Python for learning Instructor Questionnaire with closed questions as well as open ended to cater for description in own words  To solicit requirements for interactive learning tool (before/during development of iTextBook Python)  To receive feedback after use of iTextBook Python Authoring tool InstructorFace to Face Interviews  To solicit requirements for iTextBook Python Authoring

UserEvaluationPurpose StudentDuration of usage  To establish access patterns of iTextbook Python as this gives insight into extent of use StudentAverage scores from topic evaluations  To have a general idea of whether students are passing the assessments, the assumption being that if they are passing this can be attributed to iTextBook Python StudentNumber of unique visits to a topic  To establish number of students actively using the tool out of the total number of students that will be registered as users Student Number and Type of features used per topic and overally (Lecture Notes, Video, Audio, Assessments, Notepad, Collaboration)  To establish most useful features InstructorNumber and Type of Features used when authoring a topic (Lecture Notes, Video, Audio, Assessments, Notepad, Collaboration)  To establish most useful features

RiskRisk TypeDetailsLikelihoodMitigation Strategy Adoption Failure Market and People There may be problems with fulfilling user needs Medium  Roll out prototype  Constructive feedback from user surveys  Incentives for Instructors System FailureOperational Storage of user details for the web-based service may be lost Medium  Testing during prototype phase  Backup servers (optional) Loss of data (source code) Operational Loss of source code on disk/pc Medium  Regular backups of system  Version control Security Legal and Regulatory Compromise of user credentials Low  Encryption of User Details in database Infringement of User Privacy (Legal) Legal and Regulatory Use of data obtained from student profiling may be used in unethical manner Low  Privacy Policy  Obtain ethical clearance  Issue consent forms before students use the iTextBook or participate in surveys Delay in obtaining Ethical Clearance Legal and Regulatory Receiving ethical clearance to interview people might take some time Medium  We should apply as early as possible for ethical clearance in order to avoid any obstructions ahead Unable to reach milestones Operational Due to unforeseen circumstances, might cause a delay in the milestone process Medium  Have meetings on a regular basis to make sure we are on track Unfamiliarity with devices OperationalUsing new technologies which may be unfamiliar Medium  Get acquainted with technologies as early as possible (Android Tablet PC)