Incorporate Snippet
SketchUse Cases for Incorporating Snippets from one tool into another (by reference or by value)
Use Case: Developing my Logic I Mid-Term, Spring 2008-- I want to include past items already taught.
This argument was contributed by a classmate (Jennifer L.) to Discussion 6. Give its type, and identify the elements, assuming that the first statement applies to most Americans (but not every single one).
American are exposed to over 3,000 advertisements a day in the U.S.
Adam is an American.
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Adam sees over 3,000 ads a day.
For the question above, I'm extracting into Exam from Discussion. (Distance ed)
Recall this argument, from Homework 5. Give its type, and identify the elements, assuming that the first statement is meant to be universally quantified.
All nurses have the hepatitis vaccination.
Some nurses are volunteers.
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Some volunteers have the hepatitis vaccination.
For the question above, I'm extracting into Exam from Homework. (Distance ed)
Use Case: Developing a Logic I homework assignment, Spring 2008-- I want to include items already considered in another learning context.
Here's an example argument submitted by a classmate (Lauren K.) in the Discussion of Week 1. It relies on the background knowledge that Oprah Winfrey endorsed Barack Obama for President.
"Obama is the front runner for the Democrats right now. There must be a lot of Oprah fans."
Write a statistical syllogism based on this passage, and state what plays the role of the individual x. (It's not a person.)
There are several ways to extract an argument; use these definitions for guidance.
Reference Class F: Recommendations that Oprah makes
Attribute Class G: Actions taken by her many fans
For the problem above, I'm extracting into Homework from Discussion. (Distance ed)
Pedagogy/Motivation for Incorporating Snippets
Allow reference to context, and review of preliminary discussion or earlier attempts, for improved answer. Use variation of a solved problem to emphasize another aspect. Reinforce desirability of paying attention throughout the development of the course. For distance education, fosters continuous involvement.
Ideally, this facility would replicated the text and also provide a link back to the original snippet in context.
Comments
Yes, what you say in your last paragraph is correct. This is a teaching need, and I, the teacher, don't care how it's done. I just want to refer back to previous materials of all kinds.
But as a Sakai admininstrator meeting many teachers' needs, I would care a lot about how it's done. A link to another page that does not allow WRITE but still allows BROWSE would suit, but might be difficult. A simple copy of the text rather than a reference would be better.
In fact, perhaps what I'm looking for is a way to encapsulate parts of any previous ("frozen") learning activity for re-use in current learning activities.
Robin, in my understanding a vignette (aka widget) is about giving a little "window" into data or functionality that would, in the 2.x world, be stored in another tool. It allows you to stay in context, rather than leaving the page. The advantage of this is that you embed something that either updates status over time (poll results) or allows you to make inputs that will affect changes elsewhere (answer this question, which is embedded on this web page, and you'll get credit for completing this assignment).
In this case, I'm not sure what you're looking for to address this motivation is really a vignette--the excerpted question is never updated dynamically and it is not answerable, it's just the text. If I'm reading this right, you want to make reference to a discussion thread post and another quiz question from a free response question.
I think what you are looking for is an easy way to create links to other pages within Sakai (where a page can be a published quiz or discussion or a web page for that matter) and further more, to a specific section of that quiz? Let's assume for now that the link either pops up, or if students follow the link, students will not lose any answer selections they already made and just click back to come back. We can certainly keep this in mind.