Developer Resources

Presentation Slides from Recent Workshops

• Platform+ Big Picture

• Learner Centered Design

• Authoring for Effective Instruction

• Version Control with SVN

• Course Development Process

• Google Doc Converter – Handout

  How to utilize the Google Docs convertor to successfully create XML structure suitable for the OLI platform.

• MathML for OLI Courses – Handout

• OLI Author

  The OLI Author tool allows the user to build or edit simple Inline and Regular Assessments, minimizing or eliminating the need to manually manipulate the XML code. It can accommodate Learn By Doing (LBD) and Did I Get This? (DIGT) inline assessments, as well as Checkpoint and Quiz regular assessments.

• Problem Solving and Debugging – Handout

  The Debugging toolbar or ( View Page Information Bar) is a essential piece to many of our course developers workflow here at OLI. With this tool you can quickly reference ID’s, version information, and page information in relation to the course your viewing.

• Designing for Variability

  Understanding the concepts presented by the ‘Universal design for learning’, and how to incorporate these instructions into your overall learning design.

• DataShop: An Educational Data Mining Platform for the Learning Science Community

  John Stamper from the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center, gives us an in-depth look into leveraging cognitive theory and computational modeling to identify the conditions that cause robust student learning.

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Previous Webinars

• Webinar – Overview

  When used with learner centered design, Platform+ provides the opportunity to deliver instruction which targets students misconceptions and provides real-time feedback to instructors and course design teams. This webinar provide an overview of Platform+, discussing capabilities and limitations. This webinar also discusses the goals for the October workshop, who to send, and how to prepare

• Webinar – Authoring Tools

  This webinar presents two of the authoring tools for Platform+. You will learn how to use Google Docs to create design documents which you can easily covert into XML documents for Platform+. You will also learn how to use OLI Author, an assessment authoring tool. OLI Author enables you to create practice activities with hints and feedback and link that practice to student centered learning outcomes. This webinar discusses the software required for the October workshop and assigns pre-work to complete in advance of the workshop.

• Webinar – Version Control with SVN

  Subversion (SVN) is a version control system and is used to manage your project’s files. This webinar explains how version control enables course development teams to collaborate. You will learn how to create, modify, rename, and delete project files using SVN. You will also incorporate SVN into your workflow and implement strategies that reduce conflicts and promote collaboration. This webinar assigns important pre-work to complete in advance of the October workshop.