LON-CAPA

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LON-CAPA

• Gerd Kortemeyer
• Michigan State University
• January 2008

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LON-CAPA

• Course Management ????
• Post materials ??
• Homework assignments ??
• Grades ??
• Online discussions ????

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LON-CAPA

• Learning Content Management ????
• Use same material in different courses ????????
• Universities can share online content ????????

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Online Learning Materials????

• Web pages, animations, movies, etc??,??,???

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Online Problems ????

• Particular strength online homework problems
  ??????
• Different students get different versions of the
  same problem ????????????
• Students can discuss how to solve the problems,
  but cannot copy answers from each other
  ????????,????????

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Example Online Problem??

• Different mass????
• Different geometry????
• Different answer????

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Networked Institutions ??????

• Growth of user community????

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Shared Content ????

• Growth of shared content pool???????

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Open Source, Free ??

• No licensing cost??????
• Universities can modify the software???????

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Open Source, Free

• Interface can be translated?????????

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Thank You ??

• Thank You ?????
• Gerd Kortemeyer
• kortemey_at_msu.edu
• http//www.lon-capa.org/