ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

course specific online self-assessment for mathematics by sharing problems

Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert, K.U.Leuven, Belgium

Frank De Clerck, U. Ghent, Belgium

www.usolvit.be

usolvit@kulak.ac.be

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ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Knowledge Pool

ITEMS Learning Object Meta-data (LOM, IEEE standard)

+

• problem (multiple choice)

• (any nr of) answer-alternatives

• hint

• fully written answer(s)

• images / pics

(input: LaTeX, HTML)

• target group of students

• content meta-data

(discipline taxonomy (tree))

• level

• answer profile statistics

• source/author/copyright

• language

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

LOM

CONTENT

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Docent/Teacher/Author

• creates problems + LOM- descriptions

E.g. domain = Mathematics

• creates coursepage, links to LOM

STUDENT/LEARNER

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Test sessions -1Student (learner) initiated

(self-responsability!)

• features

• anywhere, anytime

• anonymous, low step

• randomly composed (unpredictable => realistic)

• gradually more content

• activity stimulating

• formularium

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Teacher initiated

e.g. http://www.kulak.ac.be/servlet/toets.servlets.ToonOffline?online=ja&bestand=T77977G2335

Test sessions -2

Features

• same test for all students

• only once per student

• anonymously or authenticated (using Blackboard)

• report to teacher (individual + statistics)

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Report to the student

Features:

• explicit content feedback

• statistical profile information (if available)

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Interfaces available

• USolv-IT Student

• USolv-IT Docent

• USolv-IT High School

• USolv-IT Teacher

• USolv-IT Author

Higher Education (Univ, Techn. Univ.

Secondary education

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

USolv-IT Docent Features

• test management (creation, reviewing, reporting)

• course management (add/remove problems, sharing!!)

Decide, by simple clicking:

• this problem is preliminary or

• this problem fits the course or

• this problem does not fit the course

e.g. 40 authors x 5 problems/year = 200 problems for everybody

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

“Special uses” • oriëntational selftest for higher education (e.g. engineering schools, informatics, physics), nationally accessible

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Status / usage

• Operational domains: mathematics (> 2000 problems (NL), > 1300 problems (UK)), physics (> 400 problems), economics (> 500 problems), statistics (starting)

• K.U.Leuven• U.Ghent• EHSAL (Brussels)• KHBO

(Bruges/Ostend)• KHK (Geel)• Secondary schools

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Typically more succesful• in situation of high numbers of students (e.g. classes > 100, service teaching)

• where examination involves e.g. some part of multiple choice problems

• when promoted by teacher as a well fitting intermediate self testing for the course (e.g. teacher offering own composed tests)

ICME - 10 Paul Igodt, Tine Beernaert - www.usolvit.be

Cooperation invited

• Origin = mathematical competition Flanders Math. Olympiad

• Software = GPL open source

• Collaboration for further development invited

• Collaboration on content exchange possible