We discuss here an ongoing experimentwhich uses ASciencePad [1], an adapted version of Tid-dlyWiki [2] as a support for teaching/learning physics(elementary and advanced) to engineering students.ASciencePad is a “live math notebook” that is editablewith a modern browser and includes a WYSIWYG editorwith mathematical formulas and SVG plots. It allowsalso the inclusion of JavaScript simulations, that can beeasily edited by users and therefore can be used as aplayground for computational experiments. Our graphdrawing extension allows the construction of graph mapsof the learning paths to help the student navigate throughthe notebook topics.This client-side tool is complemented by a wiki-basedserver-side system, for handling files, permissions, andintegrating this tool with an existing distance-teachingframework. Our ASciencePad-based solution may be seentherefore as a “detachable wiki“.Many of the present server-side tools, namely a systemfor generating and managing multiple-choice quizzes, arebeing ported to this new architecture.
Tiddlywiki in Science education / F., Bagnoli; P., Jipsen; Sterbini, Andrea. - (2006). (Intervento presentato al convegno Conf. on I. T. Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET 2006) tenutosi a Sydney, Australia, nel July 10-13, 2006).
Tiddlywiki in Science education
STERBINI, Andrea
2006
Abstract
We discuss here an ongoing experimentwhich uses ASciencePad [1], an adapted version of Tid-dlyWiki [2] as a support for teaching/learning physics(elementary and advanced) to engineering students.ASciencePad is a “live math notebook” that is editablewith a modern browser and includes a WYSIWYG editorwith mathematical formulas and SVG plots. It allowsalso the inclusion of JavaScript simulations, that can beeasily edited by users and therefore can be used as aplayground for computational experiments. Our graphdrawing extension allows the construction of graph mapsof the learning paths to help the student navigate throughthe notebook topics.This client-side tool is complemented by a wiki-basedserver-side system, for handling files, permissions, andintegrating this tool with an existing distance-teachingframework. Our ASciencePad-based solution may be seentherefore as a “detachable wiki“.Many of the present server-side tools, namely a systemfor generating and managing multiple-choice quizzes, arebeing ported to this new architecture.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
