Rhodes Ashley E, Rozell Timothy G
Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; and
Department of Animal Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Adv Physiol Educ. 2015 Sep;39(3):172-80. doi: 10.1152/advan.00011.2015.
Electronic textbooks, or e-texts, will have an increasingly important role in college science courses within the next few years due to the rising costs of traditional texts and the increasing availability of software allowing instructors to create their own e-text. However, few guidelines exist in the literature to aid instructors in the development and design specifically of e-texts using sound learning theories; this is especially true for undergraduate physiology e-texts. In this article, we describe why constructivism is a very important educational theory for e-text design and how it may be applied in e-text development by instructors. We also provide examples of two undergraduate physiology e-texts that were designed in accordance with this educational theory but for learners of quite different backgrounds and prior knowledge levels.
由于传统教科书成本不断上涨，且软件日益普及，使教师能够创建自己的电子教科书，因此在未来几年，电子教科书（或电子教材）在大学科学课程中将发挥越来越重要的作用。然而，文献中几乎没有指导方针来帮助教师运用合理的学习理论专门开发和设计电子教材；本科生理学电子教材尤其如此。在本文中，我们阐述了为什么建构主义是电子教材设计中非常重要的教育理论，以及教师如何将其应用于电子教材开发。我们还提供了两个本科生理学电子教材的示例，它们是根据这一教育理论设计的，但面向背景和先前知识水平截然不同的学习者。
