Demos
Ramosus can generate and manage a wide range of e-learning resources.
- Interactive case studies I
- Ramosus can generate e-learning applications which involve a series of problem statements interspersed between scenario or topic development. Like all Ramosus applications, dead-ends, random branches, and quizzes can be incorporated into the application at any point along the pathway. In this example (The case of the sick greenhouse crop, the learner is presented with a problem, a budget, and several routes to find a solution to the problem. [credit]
Dr Paul Fisher (University of Florida), Dr B R MacKay (Massey University), and Dr Bill Argo (Blackmore Company)
- Interactive case studies II
- This case study (When bleeding hearts turn yellow) is a plant health "whodunnit" and makes extensive use of decision feedback systems, external links, and user input. [credit]
This case was originally authored by Marci Spaw, Kimberly A. Williams (kwilliam@ksu.edu), Laurie Hodges, Ingrid L. Mallberg (Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources, Kansas State University) and Ellen T. Paparozzi (Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska) as a case study associated with a USDA-sponsored project involved in testing and promoting high tunnel systems in the Central Great Plains.
- Multiple level e-learning applications
- Ramosus makes it easy to create and manage user-centred, flexible learning opportunities. Apostrophes!, an example of a student-guided complex linear learning model, allows students to choose how to progress through the lesson. If a student passes the quiz at each level, they move onto the next topic. However, if they fail the quiz they have a choice of responses. They can either move vertically by accessing another lesson on the same topic (which is designed to enrich their understanding of the topic) or they can choose to move horizontally by bypassing further lessons on this topic and moving onto the next topic. [credit]
Dr Lisa Emerson, School of English and Media Studies, Massey University.
- Customised assignments
- Ramosus can randomly allocate learners one of n possible outcomes from each of i issues, thereby giving individual learners a unique problem to solve.
- Keyed scenarios
- The use of keys to help learners solve problems or make the correct decision for their given set of circumstances is a common practice across a range of disciplines. For example, botanists use keys to identify plants; plant pathologists have constructed keys to help growers identify the likely cause of a plant malady. Ramosus can be used to construct keyed scenarios to any width or depth. This simple example (Which pest is responsible!?) uses somewhat tongue-in-check content to demonstrate how a scenario can be keyed out using Ramosus.
- Fully online editor and management system
- The Ramosus editor provides authors with all the tools needed to individually or collaboratively create and manage complex interactive e-learning applications. The Ramosus manager provides immediately available reports of traffic and individual and class performance in each application.