JISC

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Serving Maths Project Web Site  

Serving Maths CETIS Development Page 

Distributed eLearning - eTools Page   

Aims and Objectives

We will develop open-source software tools to address the special requirements of Mathematics in the context of e-learning and e-assessment. Our focus will be on making existing tools user friendly, accessible and interoperable. Among them are:

• AiM: a self-testing and assessment system based on server-side marking using the computer algebra system Maple;
• CABLE: a system similar to AiM using open-source computer algebra systems like Maxima or Axiom.
• METRIC: a self-testing and mathematical learning system based on client-side marking implemented in Java.
• WaLLiS: an interactive learning environment that focuses on providing adaptive and intelligent feedback.
• Moodle: a user-friendly and modular Virtual Learning Environment.

We will collaborate with other projects to try to develop common interoperability protocols and specifications. 

The deliverables produced by the project will include:

• A web service taking care of the web-delivery of mathematical expressions;
• An assessment question type to assess higher mathematical skills extending the IMS Question and Test Interoperability specification;
• An implementation of a web service based plug-in architecture extending existing assessment systems by new question types.
• Authoring tools for mathematical assessment questions;
• Tools for integrating CAA into weekly problem sheets.

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