Ideas
Software technology for
learning and teaching
We develop technology that supports the development of software for learning, such as intelligent tutoring systems and serious games.
Our technology is used in environments for solving algebra exercises, learning programming, practicing communication skills, and more.
We focus on analysing student activities: determining which step a student has taken, and giving hints to a student.
Logex
[new]
Ask-Elle
Haskell Expression Evaluator
MicK
Communicate!
Refactoring tutor
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Projects
We use our technology in many projects. Below we give an incomplete list of our
current projects.
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In the Advise-me project (Automatic Diagnostics with Intermediate Steps in Mathematics Education) we develop technology for assessing steps taken by pupils in mathematics exercises.
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In the
Communicate!
project we are developing a serious game for practicing communication skills.
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In the
Digital support for university-level statistics courses project (in Dutch) we look at developing support for several statistics courses at Utrecht University.
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Funded by a ‘NWO doctoral grant for teachers’, Hieke Keuning
is working on providing feedback in an interactive learning tools for
imperative programming.
In the past we contributed to several European and Dutch projects, mainly for several mathematical domains, such as linear algebra and high school mathematics.
Examples are:
People
Through the years, many people have contributed to the Ideas project. At the moment the following people are involved:
Bastiaan Heeren
Open University of the Netherlands & Utrecht University
Bastiaan is the core designer and developer of the ideas software.
Johan Jeuring
Utrecht University & Open University of the Netherlands
Johan started with the Ideas project more than a decade ago. He is involved in many of the subprojects.
Josje Lodder
Open University of the Netherlands
Josje works on several tutors related to logic.
Hieke Keuning
Utrecht University
Hieke works on tutors for (imperative) programming.
Alex Gerdes
Gothenburg University
Alex is the main architect of the functional programming tutor Ask-Elle.
Niek Mulleners
Utrecht University
Niek [todo]
Past contributors:
Hugo Arends, Renate van der Bent, Thomas van Binsbergen, Eric Bouwers, Susan Brommer, Jordy van Dortmont, Marilou Dubbeld, Johan Eijkelboom, Marcell van Geest, Noeri Huisman, Niels Kolthoff, Jacco Krijnen, Ivica Milovanovic, Wendy Neijenhuis, Adolfo Ochagavía, Tim Olmer, Harrie Passier, Izak Perdijk, Bram Schuur, Alejandro Serrano Mena, Niels Steenbergen, Sylvia Stuurman, Sietske Tacoma, Peter van de Werken, Jurriën Stutterheim, Gideon Teeuwen, Stéphane Thibaud, Ferdinand van Walree, Jorn van Wijk, Wink van Zon