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Why Open Education Needs a Common Language!?

A better question would be: Why do commercial offerings and e-learning platforms dominate online education and “NOT” Open Educational Resources (OER)? Before we attempt to answer these questions, we want everyone to complete the following sentence for themselves: Open Educational Resources (OER) are primarily about … … the use of content. … their creation. It is no wonder that many initially think of licenses and terms of use. Creation (2.) seems boring and time-consuming.

Multimedia Comments in LiaScript - This Changes Everything

How can you add your voice or short video sequences to your LiaScript courses? With the new multimedia comments feature, it’s now possible. This feature allows you to replay your voice or video directly in the browser as part of a LiaScript course. It’s a game changer for educators looking to create interactive and engaging courses. How Does It Look? It’s quite straightforward. Simply add a multimedia link using LiaScript syntax to the beginning or end of your comment.

Offene Bildungsmaterialien an Hochschulen verankern

Die Förderung von Open Educational Resources (OER) an Hochschulen gewinnt durch die Entwicklung und Implementierung spezifischer OER-Policies an Struktur und Sichtbarkeit. Hierfür wurde ein OER Policy Kit mithilfe von LiaScript entwickelt und veröffentlicht. Dieser Handlungsleitfaden bietet neben einer allgemeinen Orientierung auch konkrete Tipps, Beispiele und hilfreiche Ansätze. Interessierte können das OER Policy Kit direkt online einsehen und sich tiefergehend mit den Materialien auseinandersetzen. Link zum OER Policy Kit Oder über das offene Git-Repository einsehen, nachnutzen und mitentwickeln:

Data and Analytics for Research Training (DART)

The DART program offers free, open-source educational resources aimed at empowering working biomedical researchers with data science skills to enhance their work. It aligns with the National Institutes of Health’s focus on boosting research reproducibility, transparency, and rigor through instructional modules that teach data science and related abilities. The program adopts a modular educational strategy, allowing learners to tailor their training by choosing from various modules to create a personalized learning pathway.

Podcast: Data Management Training at the University of Vienna

This podcast delves into the University of Vienna’s innovative data management training program, developed by a diverse team of data stewards for a wide audience including PhD students and technical staff. It emphasizes the importance of general data management skills and specialized knowledge for specific infrastructures, alongside their methodical evaluation of the program’s impact. The project aims to support researchers with data management and promote FAIR data practices, driven by their personal interests ranging from web preservation to facilitating custom solutions for scientific inquiries.

JavaScript and Image-Filtering

The following short example shows how script tags can be applyed to images in order to create a simple image-filtering effect. In LiaScript, the script tag is a reimagined version of a JavaScript-component that has a lifetime, can be combined with input-tags and has an output as well. Additionally, scripts can be stiched together by an execution graph, which is defined by the output of the script-tags. The script is executed in the browser and can be used to manipulate the image in real-time.

Importing a local WebCam-stream into a Presentation

Sometimes you want to show a live video stream from a local WebCam in your presentation, without having to move to another application. This can be done with the following script and video-tag. It will ask for permission to access the camera and will display the video stream in a video element. If you click on the button again, the camera will be closed. Simply copy both tags into your LiaScript document and you will be able to open and close the camera stream with the button.

Liascript User Symposium (Recording)

Discover WHO is utilizing and creating free, open online courses using the user-friendly LiaScript Markdown and WHY. Learn about the role of AI in course development, and how Open Educational Resources (OER) can be enhanced through browser-based peer-to-peer technologies. Additionally, explore our latest advancements in collaborative features within LiaScript, as well as Edrys-Lite, which aids in developing and sharing interactive, peer-to-peer RemoteLabs as OER. Soon this functionality will be available in LiaScript too!

Digital Fellows im Spotlight: OER als Grundlage für und Ergebnis von digital gestützter Lehrpraxis

Das Digital Fellows Programm in Sachsen fördert die Entwicklung und Umsetzung digitaler Lehr- und Lernkonzepte an Hochschulen. Teilnehmende, bekannt als Fellows, implementieren innovative Projekte in verschiedenen Fachbereichen, um die digitale Bildung zu stärken. Sie arbeiten an Themen wie der Verbesserung von Lehrkompetenzen mittels Technologie, der Entwicklung von multimedialen Lernmodulen und der Förderung digitaler Kompetenzen. Ziel ist es, flexible Lernprozesse zu unterstützen und die Hochschullehre durch den Einsatz digitaler Tools zu bereichern.

Where is Content Stored?

Did you know that LiaScript tries to be agnostic as possible, when it comes to hosting? The thing is, you host your content by your own and only refer to it, via a URL-Parameter that you attach to the LiaScript website. https://LiaScript.github.io/course/?THE_URL_TO_YOUR_COURSE.md Git - Platforms Although, we prefer GitHub & git for versioning, hosting, and publishing, you should be able to use any versioning system or platform to host your course content.

Tables & Data Visualizations

If Markdown tables are used to store data, why not directly visualizing it? LiaScript offers 10 different types of plots, the best type is automatically chosen, based on the format of a table and its values… but you are free to use your desired one ;-) You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link … Or experiment with it in the LiveEditor below:

Sharing Content via Tor and OnionShare

Why should something like Tor or the Dark-Net be relevant in education at all? If you look at the world map, it quickly becomes clear that the internet is not as free and open as it might seem from Germany. In this map, we have deliberately omitted China and North Korea to give other countries the chance to turn “red” too. Looking at the current situation in Afghanistan, it becomes evident that the right to education is simply not available in many places.

6 Quizzes in 100 Seconds

This is our report on making quizzes in LiaScript in 100 seconds. Do you know an easier way of creating quizzes with your favorite LMS? Multiple-Choice Single-Choice Matrix Text-Input Selection Gap-Text You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link … Or experiment with it in the LiveEditor below:

A Custom Extension for Algebra

Today we show how to build a custom extension for executable code-snippets for LiaScript #Markdown by using the computer algebra systems Algebrite. The same can be done with any other library, framework, API … You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link … Or experiment with it in the LiveEditor below:

Executable Code

How to make your Markdown code-snippets editable and executable? Our solution, just attach a script-tag to it that defines how the input or inputs should be evaluated… You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link … Or experiment with it in the LiveEditor below:

Lua Programming

This example is a port of the Lua programming course from the open wikibook Lua-Programming to LiaScript. It is a fully working Lua programming course, that can be used as a basis for your own course. Start Course This example uses the Lua template which implements the Lua interpreter and VM from interpreter and VM https://daurnimator.github.io. The only that is required to make Lua code snippets executable in LiaScript is to attach the @LUA.

Macros

How can you define custom macros or even define reusable LiaScript libraries? Just use @ followed by a custom name for your macro You can add parameters Shortcut macros, that call others predefined parameters And block-macros not that difficult You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link … Or experiment with it in the LiveEditor below:

Embedding Multimedia and More

There are 4 ways in LiaScript to embed multimedia content: the classical way ![alt](image-url) sound ?[alt](sound-url) video !?[alt](video-url] for everything else ??[alt](url) You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link … Or experiment with it in the LiveEditor below:

ASCII-aRT

After writing systems, here is a quick intro into ASCII-aRT - the next evolutionary step of writing - and how it is integrated into LiaScript, such that you can integrate for example also formulas and animations to your image… You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link … Or experiment with it in the LiveEditor below:

Fonts: Dead or Alive

Fascinated by the length of the URL as well as by foreign languages and writing systems we added the opportunity to use different fonts in LiaScript-Markdown. We hoped that this can be useful for learning ancient and extinct languages… Not all fonts are installed on my machine, so they are not displayed in the editor. LiaScript however will load and display them appropriately. Since they are Unicode-characters, you can style and use these ancient writing systems as ordinary Markdown.

Images are handled differently

LiaScript-Markdown handles images differently: a paragraph with a starting image will produce a floating environment a paragraph with only images will produce a gallery the image will be optimally sized & placed “titles” will be used as captions You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link … Or experiment with it in the LiveEditor below:

One Document - Multiple Representations

This is part one of a demo series that explains certain LiaScript design elements. I this part you will learn how to create narrative presentations from one Markdown document only and how one course can be used to teach in different languages. For the text to speech output we apply simple-speech … If your browser does not support TTS, LiaScript will fallback ResponsiveVoice. You can use this this example as a basis for your own course by following this link

Fischbestimmer - FISHIDENTIFIER

This is an experiment of porting the FISHIDENTIFIER from the Deutsches Meeresmuseeum Stralsund to LiaScript. The original version can be found at: https://www.ostsee-fischbestimmer.de/en/bestimmer This port was done on the basis of the German version, but it was possible to translate the entire functionality into LiaScript. Visit the Fischbestimmer Usage About 80 species of fish regularly occur in the Baltic Sea. Roughly the same amount of species occasionally enters as vagrants from the the North Sea or via discharging rivers.

How To Code in Python 3

This is a port of DigitalOcean’s How To Code in Python 3 tutorial series by Lisa Tagliaferri translated to LiaScript with interactive PyScript examples. Start Course This example uses the PyScript template which implements some basic macros for integrating the PyScript into LiaScript and to make Markdown code-blocks executable. The GitHub repository for this project can be found here: https://github.com/LiaBooks/How-To-Code-in-Python-3 … or try it out in the LiveEditor:

Import A-Frame 3D models, scenes, and more into LiaScript open-courSes

This blog entry presents an example of how to import A-Frame 3D models, scenes, and more into LiaScript open-courSes. The entire README file can be interpreted as a library, we say template, that only needs to be imported into your LiaScript course via:  # Your Course And then you can start to use all the features and examples that are provided in the original README file.

How to activate Tooltips in LiaScript

LiaScript has a new tooltip feature, which was inspired by the Wikipedia tooltips, which provide more information about a certain topic if you hover a link with the mouse. In LiaScript this feature needs to be activated manually, since it requires a little additional bandwidth, but the result is pretty much the same as in Wikipedia. To activate tooltips: open the settings-tab check the tooltips check-box This additional bandwidth is required, since the tooltips are generated on-demand and also without any backend involved.

Podcast: OER und ihr Einsatz in der Hochschullehre

Im folgenden Podcast geht es um die Herausforderungen und Chancen der digitalen Lehre im Wintersemester 20/21, das weniger hybrid verläuft als erwartet. Besprochen werden Tipps und Tricks für Lehrende, Einbindung von Studierenden, und die Nutzung der Situation für experimentelle Lehransätze. Gäste sind Lehrende, Studierende und Forschende, die über Lehrkonzepte und Erfahrungen austauschen. In der vorlesungsfreien Zeit liegt der Fokus auf dem Austausch mit Kolleg:innen aus dem Bereich Hochschuldidaktik und -entwicklung. Der Podcast vom Hochschuldidaktischen Zentrum Sachsen zielt darauf ab, die Lehr- und Lernkultur an sächsischen Hochschulen zu verbessern und lädt zur Einreichung von Themenvorschlägen ein.

Markdown just got a new preview tag

LiaScript has a new link type/tag that allows you to add preview cards to your LiaScript course or even to your personal website. This way you do not have to update your personal website and other resources. Requirements and Usage First of all, your Markdown document must have an HTML comment tag at the beginning. If your document is on GitHub, this will not be visible on the rendered Markdown document.

Arbeitsbuch PROLOG (German)

Dieses Buch soll in die Programmiersprache PROLOG und in die mit ihr verbundene ‘Logik-programmierung’ einführen. Die Idee, ‘Logik als eine Programmiersprache’ zu verwenden, führt zu einer völlig neuen Auffassung vom Programmieren: Das Programm ist nicht eine Folge von Handlungsanweisungen, sondern eine Sammlung von Fakten und Regeln. Das zu lösende Problem wird als eine Anfrage an diese Sammlung formuliert. Im Idealfall führt die logisch korrekte Formulierung der Regeln und der Anfrage zur Lösung des Problems.

C-Programmierung (German)

Dies ist eine interaktive Portierung des freien Wikibuches C-Programmierung nach LiaScript. Um die Beispielprogramme in diesem Buch ausführbar zu gestalten, wird auf die kostenlose und nicht kommerzielle API von CodeRunner zurückgegriffen. Dieser wird unter einer kostenlosen Heroku-Instanz gehostet, sodass das aufwecken des Servers manchmal bis zu 30 Sekunden in Anspruch nehmen kann. Dann sollte es flüssig laufen ;-) Kurs Starten Das GitHub-Repositorium für dieses Projekt befindet sich hier: https://github.com/LiaBooks/C-Programmierung … oder schauen sie sich das Beispiel im LiveEditor an:

C-Programming

This LiaScript book is based on the free Wikibook on C-Programming. It provides a comprehensive look at the C programming language and its features. Examples are made interactive by using the CodeRunner. Start Course The GitHub repository for this project can be found here: https://github.com/LiaBooks/C-Programming … or try it out in the LiveEditor:

Sister Fox and the Gray Wolf

These are two early translations of Russian folk take “sister fox and the gray wolf”. It is a recording of a LiaScript document, see the original versions at: https://github.com/LiaBooks/SisterFoxAndTheGrayWolf If you try out one of the examples below, make sure that you enable the audio output of your browser, since the text-to-speech is turned of by default. Original (Russian) Version View on LiaScript German Version View on LiaScript Editing Try this out by yourself in the LiveEditor:

LiaScript - BearLearn Talk 2019

This is an early example of a LiaScript presentation, that was given as a BearLearn Talk 2019 in Berlin. It shows how to create a simple narrative presentations with Text-to-Speech output and animations and more. The arguments for creating a markup language for open online-courses are still the same. And if you inspect the course, you will see, that the format of the course has not changed at all, only the URL, the syntax is still the same, we only added more features to the interpreter and improved the presentation.