Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of BoltIntro

Timestamp:

Feb 6, 2008, 2:30:31 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

davea

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BoltIntro

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 a sequence of lessons and exercises.
 Any Web content may be used - HTML, Flash, video, etc.
-Students create accounts, log in, and take the course;
-Bolt provides navigation links, keeps track of where
-students are, and records their grades on the exercises.
+Students create accounts, log in, and take the course.
+Bolt provides navigation links, keeps track of where students are,
+and records their grades on the exercises.
 
-However, the strength of Bolt is its support for
-''evolutionary adaptive courses''.
-Such courses evolve over time.
-At any point, they contain various ''experiments''
+However, the strength of Bolt is its support for ''evolutionary adaptive courses''.
+Such a course evolves over time.
+At any point, it may contain ''experiments''
 that estimate and compare the effectiveness of alternative lessons.
 On the basis of experimental outcomes,
-lessons may be changed, added, or discarded,
-and courses may be made 'adaptive' so that different materials
-are shown to different students.
-Thus, Bolt is ideal when there
-is a constant arrival of diverse students,
+lessons may be changed, added, or discarded.
+The course may be made 'adaptive' so that different materials
+are shown to different types of students.
+Thus, Bolt is ideal for developing online learning materials
+in situations where there is a constant arrival of diverse students,
 and in which course developers have the need and ability to continually
-analyze and improve the effectiveness of the teaching materials.
+analyze and improve the effectiveness of the materials.
 
 Bolt is implemented in PHP (a popular scripting language).