[okfn-discuss] [project proposal] OpenTest

Fri Nov 23 20:50:33 UTC 2012

Thankyou, this is all excellent feedback. And regarding the licensing I can
see it is an important issue I should look deeper into.

Assuming that I would change the project and contents to a fully open
license, would the OKFN be interested in supporting this project?

Regards,

Sebastian

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Kim Tucker <kctucker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The following may of interest:
>
> Designing assessment and credit pathways for open education learners:
> https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/26358
> - links therein lead to the work being done on assessment via the OERu
> (also P2PU, etc.).
>
> On WikiEducator a quiz tool (for Mediawiki) is in use:
> http://wikieducator.org/Help:Quiz
>
> ... I suspect such initiatives (Wikiversity, WikiEducator, P2PU,
> Connexions, OERu, OERF, ...) will not be happy about the NC clause in
> the licensing of opentest - they are all using libre licences (cc-by
> or cc-by-sa).
>
> Kim
> PS
> Libre license: http://wikieducator.org/Libre_License
> and (of course :-) http://wikieducator.org/Say_Libre
>
> On 20 November 2012 10:54, Finn Aarup Nielsen <fn at imm.dtu.dk> wrote:
> > Hello Sebastian and others on the list,
> >
> >
> > Den 20-11-2012 05:26, Sebastian Beca skrev:
> >
> >> I'd like to propose *OpenTest* as an OKFN project. The idea is to build
> >>
> >> a collaborative assessment database where educators and learners can
> >> upload and share their questions and tests. All contents will be under
> >> CC license, OpenDatabase or equivalent.
> >>
> >> There is a lot of OpenEducation content on the web, not so much
> >> assessment. I believe this is a need that could be helpful for many
> >> schools, and educational institutions around the world.
> >>
> >> More info on the project here: www.opentest.cc <http://www.opentest.cc>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd be more than happy to discuss the idea with you! =)
> >
> >
> > I did not see any actual tests on the OpenTest website. I see it is going
> > live in Q2-2013.
> >
> > I have been using our university "QuizComposer" and the quiz facility in
> > Wikiversity. I build this one:
> http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Python_quiz
> >
> > The MediaWiki quiz extension in Wikiversity has multiple choice,
> true/false,
> > multiple response, and text area (like your system
> > http://www.opentest.cc/types-of-questions/). It has facility for
> computer
> > code, images and math. I is visually appealing, reasonable easy to edit
> and
> > has scoring. The bad news is that it does not store the student responses
> > nor scoring.
> >
> >
> >
> > - Finn Årup Nielsen
> >
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