2012 04-19 (educon2012) emadrid urjc synchronous on-line competition software improve motivate learning organizing automated quizzbowls fleq

1. A synchronous on-line competition software to
improve and motivate learning
Organizing (almost fully) automated quizzbowls with FLEQ
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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grex@gsyc.urjc.es
GSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Marrakech, Morocco, April 19th, 2012
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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3. Introduction
Figure: Sometimes, learning can be difficult...
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Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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4. In this presentation... our aim is to talk about
how to boost difficult to motivate learning by an
on-line synchronous trivia-like tournament outside
the classroom
(We have built a web-based software, FLEQ, and have tested it)
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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5. Trivia-like tournaments
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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6. Requirements
Easy-to-use (by students & professors)
Low time investment by organizers (professors)
Flexible time scheduling of matches for students
it is outside the lectures schedule
Ubiquity: IRC, web, mobile...
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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7. Organizers (Teachers)
Organizers (lecturers) are in charge of the semantics of the
tournament.
Creating a Championship
Configuring tournament
Uploading questions
Revision of student requests
Supervision of the tournament (if desired)
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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8. Setting up a tournament (Organizers)
Introductory text
Start and finish dates for tournament
List of participants (provided or open)
Default time of matches
Tournament type
Crosses, league, Swiss system, mixed system (league +
crosses)...
Upload questions and answers
This should take up to 10 minutes through a simple web interface.
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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9. Introducing questions (Organizers)
Figure: Format used by the organizer to introduce questions. It is a
simple text format. Several correct answers per question are possible.
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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10. Participants (Students)
What students have to do for each match
1 Agree on schedule with opponent
2 (Obtain notifications by the system)
3 Access the location where the match takes place (IRC, web,
mobile...)
4 Play against other student!
5 Ask professor to review questions if desired
6 Follow classification (and other stats...) if desired
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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11. IRC client interface
Figure: IRC client interface
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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12. Supervision
Time per match
Number of questions per match
Number of matches that could not be played because of the
non-appearance
For each question
Success rate
Delay
Number of wrong answers
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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13. Technicalities
Figure: Architecture
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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14. Present & Future
We have performed three test tournaments.
for its technical maturity
for its ease of use for participants
for its ease of management for lecturers.
Free web service offered. You can try it!
http://trivial.libresoft.es
Software available as free software for local tuning and
enhancement
Future development: we are moving from IRC to a complete
HTML5 set-up
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
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15. A synchronous on-line competition software to
improve and motivate learning
Organizing (almost fully) automated quizzbowls with FLEQ
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
a
grex@gsyc.urjc.es
GSyC/LibreSoft, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Marrakech, Morocco, April 19th, 2012
Gregorio Robles, J. M. Gonz´lez Barahona, A. Moral
a A synchronous on-line competition software to improve and motiv