LON-CAPA 1 The LearningOnline Network with Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach (LON-CAPA) Gerd Kortemeyer Guy Albertelli Michigan State University

LON-CAPA 2 What is LON-CAPA?

LON-CAPA 3 Learning Content Management System Assessment System Open-Source and Free

LON-CAPA 4 Learning Content Management System Assessment System Open-Source and Free

LON-CAPA 5 LearningOnline Network Providing 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

LON-CAPA 6 LearningOnline Network Much 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

LON-CAPA 7 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

LON-CAPA 8 LearningOnline Network Writes module on statistical averages Writes module on statistical errors Includes the two into her unit on survey analysis Uses that unit in his course

LON-CAPA 9 LearningOnline Network Currently used at 9 high schools, 2 community colleges, and 17 universities nationwide

LON-CAPA 10 Licensing Authors 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,...

LON-CAPA 11 Network Network of connected servers Any server in the network can serve any resource in the system Content replication in background Network-wide persistent URL paths

LON-CAPA 12 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 user MSU not stuck with serving the resource will continue to work if connection to MSU down Leaves behind subscription on MSU server When resource updated at MSU, NDSU copy is either updated or deleted, depending on usage pattern

LON-CAPA 13 Virtual Filesystem “The aisles of your supermarket” Your shopping cart: The Resource Assembly Tool

LON-CAPA 14 Resource Assembly Tool

LON-CAPA 15 Search Statics metadata: Dublin Core, cross-walk to IMS Dynamic metadata: use assembly data for recommender system:

LON-CAPA 16 LearningOnline Network

LON-CAPA 17 LearningOnline Network 3,000 content pages 6,000 homework and exam problems 5,000 images 150 movies 300 simulations and animations Publisher libraries, “back of the chapter”

LON-CAPA 18 Network Network of connected servers Any server in the network can serve sessions for any user Servers can offload sessions to each other cross-institutionally Scalable

LON-CAPA 19 More Users at MSU x5

LON-CAPA 20 Learning Content Management System Assessment System Open-Source and Free

LON-CAPA 21 CAPA Computer-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

LON-CAPA 22 CAPA Same problem, two students

LON-CAPA 23 Exam Support

LON-CAPA 24 CAPA Improved course performance Improved exam performance Improved performance especially of female students Across a number of studies:

LON-CAPA 25 Learning Content Management System Assessment System Open-Source and Free

LON-CAPA 26 Open-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

LON-CAPA 27 Open Source Code contributions by Florida State University Ohio University Simon Fraser University Vancouver Hebrew University Jerusalem UNICAMP São Paulo Nagoya University

LON-CAPA including internationalization

LON-CAPA 29 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”