Carles Aguiló-Collado Ramon Eixarch WIRIS math & science
“Adaptive Learning is an educational method which uses computers as interactive teaching devices. Computers adapt the presentation of educational material according to students' learning needs, as indicated by their responses to questions and tasks.” Wikipedia Adaptive Learning
Several models overlap Expert model Student model Instructional model Adaptive Learning
Expert model Pool of questions with a priori estimated difficulty Adaptive Learning
Student model Adaptation based on student activity Adaptive Learning
Instructional model Hints / Feedback Adaptive Learning
Moodle activity to create QUIZZES based on Adaptive Learning principles Item pool calibrated difficulty Expert designed flow. Based on student performance. STEM oriented / emphasis Contributed to the community AdaQuizzes
Inherited from the Quiz module: Creating questionnaires is similar to the default Moodle Quiz module. Complete teacher reviews. Ability to use any question type available in Moodle. Compatible with WIRIS quizzes question types for math and science. AdaQuiz–Moodle Activity
The specific enhancements of Adaptive Quiz are the jump rules which are based on: Choice based on grading thresholds. Direct successor (no choice at all). Students choice. AdaQuiz–Moodle Activity
STEM topics oriented Quantitive measurement of correctness AdaQuiz–Moodle Activity
PENDING code style review Different from Adaptive Quiz by Adam Franco Item pool calibrated difficulty Adaptive Quizzes in Moodle.org
DEMO Regular QUIZZ activity including an JUMP icon
Edit JUMP If FAIL go to Question 2 If CORRECT finish
Questions used in an Adaptive Quiz are independent questions Random parameters make more sense randomly selected questions Randomness is generated with a random seed Random seed is changed every time quiz is displayed Random seed
Random seed is changed every time quiz is displayed Questions are aware of the random seed to show the same data Random seed
Student may decide it’s own trace Not by default Student choice
2012 Open university of Catalonia (Spain) Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - UOC First prototype Moodle 1.9 Pilot 2013 Catalan Government - University Ministry Version for Moodle 2 Content creation by UOC 2014 Catalan Government - High school system Installation in Ágora «Moodle farm» 2015 Upgrades to Moodle 3 Development by WIRIS math & science Project background
Moodle.org Pending minor code adaptation GITHUB adaquiz adaquiz Future
WIRIS team’s first experience in Open Source Just a newborn, much improvement ahead Evolution based on community interest You’re in!
Carles Aguiló-Collado @wirismath Gràcies Thank you