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myDALITE is a free open-source web-based platform that promotes conceptual learning. Its pedagogical foundations are guided by social learning and based on learning principles and practical know-how. It engages students in cognitive tasks that include written self-explanation, comparison and evaluation of explanations produced by peers, and reflection.

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Peer instruction is an active learning strategy popularized by Eric Mazur from Harvard University. It involves a sequence of steps that promotes critical thinking and discussion through the use of multiple choice conceptual questions. It encourages students to first reflect on a conceptually challenging idea, vote, discuss with peers, and revote.

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With myDALITE, teachers can use the same questions in class in polling mode, or assign questions as out-of-class homework through any learning management system. Teachers can peruse content based on analytics and get reports for how their students are doing over time.

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myDALITE has a growing database of questions in subjects ranging from chemistry to the humanities. It is funded by the SALTISE/S4 grant and aims to be the home of an open-source community offering high-impact high-quality learning resources built for teachers by teachers. If you don't find the type of content you are looking for, you can author new question items and contribute to the ever-growing community! The current top disciplines are:

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20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021Click/hover to expandTeachers from Dawson College, John Abbott College, and Vanier College collaborated with Jim Slotta and the Ontario Institute of Studiesin Education to design the toolBeta version of PHP app for Asynchronous Peer Instruction (AsPI) deployed'Quasi-experimental study of effectiveness of AsPI with five physics teachers across three colleges'Charles, E.S, Whittaker, C., Lasry, N., Dugdale, M., Lenton, K., Bhatnagar, S., Guillemette, J. 'Taking DALITE To the Next Level: Whathave we learned from a web-based peer instruction application'. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the LearningSciences (ICLS 2014), June 23-27, 2014, Boulder, US.Charles, E.S, Lasry, N., Whittaker, C., Dugdale, M., Lenton, K., Bhatnagar, S., 'Les retombées de DALITE'. 27 mai 2015, Rimouski,Québec.Completely re-written by HarvardX as an open-source LTI compliant toolCharles, E.S., Lasry N., Whittaker,C., Dugdale,M., Lenton,K., Bhatnagar, S., Guillemette, J., 'Beyond and Within Classroom Walls:Designing Principled Pedagogical Tools for Student and Faculty Uptake'. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on ComputerCollaborative Learning, June 7-11, 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden.Bhatnagar, S., Desmarais, M.C., Whittaker C., Lasry N., Dugdale M., Lenton K., Charles E., 'An analysis of peer-written andpeer-reviewed rationales from an asynchronous peer-instruction learning environment'. 2015 International Conference on EducationalData Mining, June 26-29, Madrid, Spain.'Justice, one of the most famous courses taught at Harvard College, is an introduction to moral and political philosophy, offering anopportunity to discuss contemporary dilemmas and controversies''This is a college-level Introductory Newtonian Mechanics course designed for both students and teachers''Learn from leading global experts about the benefits of physical activity and how to prevent and treat injuries'Bhatnagar, S., Lasry, N., Desmarais, M.C.,Charles, E.S., 'DALITE: Asynchronous Peer Instruction for MOOCs'. 11th European Conferenceon Technology Enhanced Learning Adaptive and Adaptable Learning (EC-TEL 2016), September 13-16 2016, Lyon, France.'Learn how quantum communication provides security that is guaranteed by the laws of nature'Extended from an LTI tool to a modern web app in preparation for widespread use by practitionersContent authoring, better analytics, stand-alone functionality outside of an LTI environment, and more...Adams, Rhys, Phoebe Jackson, Kevin Lenton, Michael Dugdale, Chris Whittaker, Nathaniel Lasry, and Elizabeth S. Charles.'Error-detection tasks and peer feedback for engaging physics students.' In Education and Training in Optics and Photonics, p.11143_95. Optical Society of America, 2019.Charles, E.S., Lasry, N., Bhatnagar, S., Adams, R., Lenton, K., Brouillette, Y., Dugdale, M., Whittaker, C. and Jackson, P., 2019, May.'Harnessing peer instruction in-and out-of class with myDALITE.' In Education and Training in Optics and Photonics (p. 11143_89).Optical Society of America.Release of web reputation framework for community contributionsUpdate to Long Term Support for entire open source compute stackInitial co-design developmentFirst major releaseFirst major study11th Int. Conference on LSColloque de l’ARC 2015Second major releaseCSCL 2015 Conference8th Int. Conference on EDMHarvardX MOOC - JusticeMITx MOOC - PhysicsMcGillx MOOC - Injury PreventionEC-TEL 2016 ConferenceCalTech MOOC - Quantum CryptographyThird major releaseNew feature developmentETOP 2019ETOP 2019New feature developmentMajor Update

SALTISE/S4

SALTISE is a learning community that fosters the research and development of tools and resources for pedagogical innovation. It brings together educators (researchers and practitioners) and professional development personnel across the province of Quebec, and welcomes national and international partnerships.

The SALTISE/S4 project is a major five-year multi-institution infrastructure grant hosted at Dawson College. The mandate is to develop a data-driven platform founded on three pillars:

Click3StudentsA cloud-based service that puts students at the heart of the research-design loop and monitors knowledge construction over years, not asemester.2ResearchersA platform to enable learning science researchers to engage directly with practitioners and bring learning science to the classroom faster.Teachers1A place where the strategies and artefacts teachers produce can be hosted, showcased, and improved based on collaboration and data.

Browser Requirements

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myDALITE supports the following browsers:

  • Google Chrome 76+
  • Mozilla Firefox 69+
  • Microsoft Edge 17+
  • Opera 63+
  • Safari 12+
  • Chrome 78+ on Android
  • Firefox 68+ on Android
  • Opera Mini all
  • Safari 12.2+ on Mobile iOS
  • Samsung Internet 9.2+

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