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OpenDSA: An Interactive eTextbook for Computer Science Courses

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SIGCSE '16: Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2839509.2850505

Published: 17 February 2016 Publication History

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The open-source OpenDSA eTextbook system is seeing rapidly growing use around the world. It combines textbook-quality tutorial material with many algorithm visualizations (AVs), simulations, and a large collection of interactive exercises, including small programming exercises. Its materials are re-configurable for specific classes. Being implemented in HTML5, it requires only a web browser to be accessible to students. Available content now includes comprehensive coverage for Data Structures and Algorithms courses, and rapidly growing content for Programming Languages, Translators, and Formal Languages courses. This session will provide a demonstration of the most innovative features of OpenDSA as they might be used by students and instructors in a range of Computer Science courses.

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OpenDSA: An Interactive eTextbook for Computer Science Courses
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. E-learning
    2. Interactive learning environments
2. Theory of computation
  1. Design and analysis of algorithms
    1. Data structures design and analysis

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SIGCSE '16: Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education

February 2016

768 pages

ISBN:9781450336857

DOI:10.1145/2839509

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Carl Alphonce
University at Buffalo
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Jodi Tims
Baldwin Wallace University
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Michael Caspersen
Aarhus University
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Stephen Edwards
Virginia Tech University

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