Transcript FETLAR - Dublin City University

Leslie Fletcher, Liverpool John Moores University
Sue Milne, ELandWeb Ltd
Shazia Ahmed, Glasgow University
Paul Neve, Kingston University
and the FETLAR team
FETLAR
FETLAR
o Finding Electronic Teaching, Learning and
Assessment Resources
o “finding” – i.e. collecting, creating and collating!
o UK HE Mathematics community project
o Funded (by HEA and JISC) under the Open
Education Resources Programme
o Managed by Maths, Stats & OR Network
(MSOR Network).
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Project Aims
o Help students improve mathematical skills and
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competencies
Raise retention rate of first-year students
Make effective use of technology
Benefit all HE disciplines requiring Mathematics or
numeracy
Overcome sustainability problems
Combine
o MSOR community’s experience creating and using on-
line resources with
o Recent developments in open standards
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FETLAR Technical Infrastructure
o FETLAR uses and continues to develop a
number of open source projects, including:
o QTItools/MathAssess:
o MathQurate – question authoring
o Constructr – assessment authoring
o QTIEngine – question/assessment renderer
o QTIPlayr – Moodle plugin/integration
o Minibix – Question repository
o STACK – “System for Teaching and Assessment
using a Computer algebra Kernel”
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A Demonstration
o Demo of FETLAR resources
o …via the FETLAR Virtual Appliance
o (a “black box” that will ultimately contain both content and
the software infrastructure required to deliver it)
o You will see
o Examples of FETLAR learning materials
o Using the FETLAR technical tools to deliver an integrated suite
of electronic learning materials, including formative and
summative assessments
o MathAssess tools for e-assessment
o MathQurate – authoring
o Minibix - repository
o QTIEngine – renderer (via the QTIPlayr Moodle plugin)
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Future Prospects
o FETLAR project ends April 2010
o Sustainability – by then we need
o Structure in place for submission of learning
materials and assessments
o Development and maintenance of infrastructure
o Community involvement –
that’s you!
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FETLAR Web Resources
o Where to source FETLAR resources and to stay
updated with the project:
o http://stack.bham.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=14
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(FETLAR home Moodle – login in as a “guest”)
http://stack.bham.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=3
95 (The FETLAR Virtual Appliance)
http://www.QTITools.org
http://aqurate.kingston.ac.uk (MathQurate)
http://stack.bham.ac.uk/ (STACK)
o …or just bug me!
o [email protected]
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Questions
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