Expertiza: Reusable Learning Objects through Active/Cooperative Learning and Peer Review

跨学科(99)正在研究如何使用基于网络的Experiza软件作为在不同学科提供的课程中利用主动学习和合作学习经验的机制。个别学生和学生团队正在选择课程主题并创建可重复使用的学习对象。学习对象的例子包括从一堂课上学到的难理解的概念，包括动画讲课幻灯片在内的可视化材料，以及精通测验的问题。完成后，将学习对象提交给同行评审。评分最高的对象将与全班分享，在某些情况下，还会被纳入随后的教师课堂演示。除了开发新的主题外，后续课程还改进和扩展了以前开发的学习对象。其结果是，制作高质量的教育材料，对教师时间的要求较低。研究表明，妇女和代表性不足的少数群体对积极学习和合作学习技术反应良好。Experiza的使用显示出类似的结果，改善了这些小组的留存能力，提高了课堂表现。

Interdisciplinary (99)Research on the use of web-based Expertiza software as a mechanism for using active learning and cooperative learning experiences in courses offered in a variety of disciplines is being conducted. Individual students and student teams are selecting a course topic and creating reusable learning objects. Worked-out examples of difficult concepts from a lecture, visualization materials including animated lecture slides, and questions for mastery quizzes are examples of the learning objects being created. When completed the learning objects are submitted for peer review. The most highly rated objects are being shared with the entire class and in some instances incorporated into subsequent faculty classroom presentations. In addition to undertaking development of new topics, successive classes are improving and extending previously developed learning objects. The result is that high-quality educational materials are being produced with less demand on faculty time. Studies have shown that women and underrepresented minorities respond well to active learning and cooperative learning techniques. The use of Expertiza is showing similar results with improved retention of these groups and increased classroom performance.