Live ! I-Learn @ Home

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Live ! I-Learn @ Home
M. Baldoni, C. Baroglio,
C. Grandi, L. Roversi
Corso di Studi in Informatica
Università di Torino
http://elsig.informatica.unito.it
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Description
Live CD-ROM based on Knoppix
Customization aimed at:
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supplying an off-line complete learning
environment for our students
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supplying a portable environment for
professors who must prepare teaching
materials
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Contents
For students
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Ready-to-use learning environment
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Contains tools required in first year courses:
Javac, Bluej, Gcc, ....
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Contains application software for producing
documentations, presentations
OpenOffice.org, ...
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Off-line availability (no adsl required...)
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Moodle course management system
Reference guides about course organization
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Student Guide
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The web site of the Study Course
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Uses
By teachers
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Ready-to-use e-learning platform for
harmless training
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for professors who want to learn how to use
Moodle
Off-line test assesment cycle
download solutions,
correct/assess them,
upload results
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Snapshot of (concluded) courses
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Main characteristics
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friendly and intuitive
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in Italian
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simple graphical interface
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explicit instructions on how to perform
the basic operations in non-technical
words
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Technical aspects
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Knoppix 3.7
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LAMP platform customization:
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Configuration of Apache, MySQL for Moodle
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Apache, MySQL, PHP used also for the CD
version of the web site of the “Corso di Studi”
Possibility of saving the Moodle working session
on a file and export it, goals:
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use on other computers
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continue the work later
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Analogous initiatives
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ELANE http://e-lane.org/pub/
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Requires some installation into a non NTFS
writable partition
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Knoppix + openACS (+ .LRN?)
Others?
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Demo operations “available”
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Off-line
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Create a per-week course, add a test
resource with two questions
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Browsing guides on curricula in computer
science at Dipartimento di Informatica
On-line
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Uploading and browsing the new course
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Booting
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An overview
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Moodle
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Java
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Creating a course
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Credits
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Course export
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Course export
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Data persistency