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The LearningOnline Network with Computer-
Assisted Personalized Approach
(LON-CAPA)Gerd Kortemeyer
Guy AlbertelliMichigan State University
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What is LON-CAPA?
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Learning Content Management System
Assessment System
Open-Source and Free
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Learning Content Management System
Assessment System
Open-Source and Free
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LearningOnline NetworkProviding high quality learning content in an online environment is time and cost intensive
Typical scenario today:
Online material is developed by only one instructor
Online material is used by only one instructor
Online material is used in only one course
No assessment of learning effectiveness
In-effective use of time and resources
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LearningOnline NetworkMuch better scenario:
Online material is developed and reviewed by more than one instructor
Online material is shared among instructors
Online material gets used across many courses and disciplines
Continual assessment of learning effectiveness
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LearningOnline Network
We have build:
a cross-institutional cross-disciplinary content repository
a tool to seamlessly assemble this content
a course management system to readily deploy this content
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LearningOnline NetworkWrites module onstatistical averages
Writes module onstatistical errors
Includes the twointo her unit on survey analysis
Uses that unit inhis course
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LearningOnline Network
Currently used at 9 high schools, 2 community colleges, and 17 universities nationwide
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LicensingAuthors keep copyright
Authors grant right of use
private
only for own institution (after other instructor selects it)
network-wide (after other instructor selects it)
public
customized: for certain institutions, courses, ...
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NetworkNetwork of connected servers
Any server in the network can serve any resource in the system
Content replication in background
Network-wide persistent URL paths
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Replication
North Dakota State University server serving resource from Michigan State University
First time the resource is accessed, it is copied in the background
closer to userMSU not stuck with serving the resourcewill continue to work if connection to MSU downLeaves behind subscription on MSU server
When resource updated at MSU, NDSU copy is either updated or deleted, depending on usage pattern
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Virtual Filesystem“The aisles of your
supermarket”
Your shopping cart: The Resource
Assembly Tool
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Resource Assembly Tool
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SearchStatics metadata: Dublin Core, cross-walk to IMS
Dynamic metadata: use assembly data for recommender system:
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LearningOnline Network
QuickTime™ and aCinepak decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
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LearningOnline Network3,000 content pages
6,000 homework and exam problems
5,000 images
150 movies
300 simulations and animations
Publisher libraries, “back of the chapter”
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NetworkNetwork of connected servers
Any server in the network can serve sessions for any user
Servers can offload sessions to each other cross-institutionally
Scalable
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More Users at MSU
x5
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Learning Content Management System
Assessment System
Open-Source and Free
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CAPAComputer-Assisted Personalized Approach
Online assessment with immediate feedback and multiple tries
Different students get different versions of the same problem
different options
different graphs or images
different numbers or formulas
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Same problem, two students
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Exam Support
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Improved course performance
Improved exam performance
Improved performance especially of female students
Across a number of studies:
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Learning Content Management System
Assessment System
Open-Source and Free
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LON-CAPAOpen-source free software
GNU General Public License
No license fees
Can be modified, extended, improved, adapted ...
Runs on Linux, no license fees for operating system
Developed by educators for educators
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Open SourceCode contributions by
Florida State University
Ohio University
Simon Fraser University Vancouver
Hebrew University Jerusalem
UNICAMP São Paulo
Nagoya University
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... including internationalizatio
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Funding
Initially developed at Michigan State University
Funded by Michigan State University and the National Science Foundation under ITR Project “Investigation of a model for online resource creation and sharing in educational settings”