Feature |
Sub-Feature |
Who? |
What we think is good about
it |
|
Content
Sharing |
Cross-institutional |
Faculty |
Wider
selection of available content |
|
Students |
Higher
quality of material, cross-institutional de-facto standards |
|
Cross-course |
Faculty |
Course
material more easily handed off between faculty teaching same course |
|
Cross-disciplinary |
Faculty |
Wider
range of material, easier to locate applications and “integrative”
curricular material |
|
Different
levels of granularity |
Faculty |
Material
can more easily be adopted at different “chunk sizes” |
|
Individualized
Assessment |
Different
numbers, graphs, options, formulas, images, text, etc, from student
to student |
Faculty |
Cut
down on “cheating” |
|
No
additional work to generate different versions of exams |
|
Students |
Students
don’t cheat themselves |
|
Item
and concept analysis across |
Faculty |
Ability
to pinpoint misconceptions and problem areas early on, just-in-time
teaching |
|
Different
choice of problems, follow-up questions |
Students |
Material
can be written so it adapts itself to the students level |
|
Immediate
Feedback |
Immediate
correct/incorrect |
Students |
Students
do not fall behind in their classwork |
|
Faculty |
Cuts
down on time spent grading |
|
Adaptive
hints |
Students |
Students
can get feedback that can be targeted to their specific misconception |
|
One
Source – Multiple Target |
The
same assessment content can be used for online homework, PDAs, printed
Scantron exams, and online exams |
Faculty |
Time
savings, direct connection between homework and exam, ability to
do in-class assessment (enhanced PRS) |
|
Higher,
compact print quality, particularly for mathematical formulas |
Students |
Readability,
paper savings |
|
Open-Source
Freeware |
Code
can be modified and adapted at user institution |
Administrators |
System
can more easily be adapted into campus environment |
|
Faculty |
Can
adapt software to projects and research purposes |
|
Code
can continually be improved by wider community |
All
users |
Sustainability |
|
Low
initial monetary investment |
Administrators |
Funds
freed up for support, training, etc |
|
Transparency
of internal workings, trust |
All
users |
No
proprietary “mystery” |
