[kde-edu]: Multiple choice program

[Klas Kalass]

Hi Jalal, 
how does your tool compare to KEduca?

Regards,

  Klas

Am Freitag, 06. Februar 2004 15:57 schrieb jalal:
> I noticed the thread on Flashcards and thought it was time I introduced an
> idea I have been working on.
>
> I've been monitoring kde-edu for a while, as I have been working on a
> program that I hope will one day fit in with kde edu apps. I haven't had
> much time recently, so its not really at the point of showing to people,
> hence my quietly listening in to the chatter :)
>
> Anyway, its a flashcard program and is the result of an orphaned Windows
> program from a couple of years ago. It consists of a library and a front
> end and the app was designed from the beginning that the library would
> compile and run under both Windows and *nix systems (it is GPL and written
> in standard cross platform C++). The library has no connection to how the
> data is displayed. The front end could be KDE or Gnome or whatever. The
> data is stored in XML files.
>
> The library supplies multiple choice questions with answers,
> fixed/variable/none flash times, keeps track of scores, has histories for
> each student and can advance the flashtime for students. It will also
> handle workplans, where a teacher can design a series of lessons that will
> advance lesson by lesson as the student improves.
>
> The original idea for the program was flash cards for improving reading
> skills for dyslexics. Flashing a word improves the eye scan rate and
> increasing flash rates slowly will improve the reading speeds. The program
> was also found to be useful for anyone who needed to learn word recognition
> patterns, including teaching foreign languages.
>
> For this later version of the program I made the interface more generic so
> that any kind of multiple choice question could be handled, whether flashed
> or not. For complex displays HTML, images, video or sound clips could be
> used.
>
> So, the reason I'm mentioning it is that it seems like it could be
> something useful for kde-edu but I'm not sure how it would fit in. It is
> not KDE specific (except the front end) and it probably uses a different
> layout for the XML files than what is currently in use (if there is
> anything).
>
> But if there is interest, I can tell you how I've laid out the XML to
> handle the multiple choice questions, student records and workplans. Maybe
> it is something that kde-edu can make use of and therefore the library
> might fit in with other programs.
>
> If there is an interest in making use of the library, then it would free up
> other talents for designing multiple front ends, whether it be for maths
> questions, general knowledge or spelling practise. The work on the library
> is 90% finished, there have been some porting things to tie up and I need
> to rearrange the directory layout and turn it into a KDevelop project. I
> also want to tidy up the API a little. Otherwise it is fully functioning
> back end library for providing questions and answers and keeping track of
> the feedback.
>
> cheers
> jalal
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