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WIMS (Web Interactive Multipurpose Server) is a collaborative, open source e-learning platform hosting online, interactive, random, self-correcting exercises in many different fields such as mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, French, and English, among others. It is widely used in France, mainly in mathematics at secondary school level and up to the first years of study at university. Using it effectively can bring advantages to both students and teachers. This chapter is devoted to the presentation of WIMS and its affordances, both from the point of view of learner and teacher. Two surveys conducted with learners and teachers using WIMS showed that this technology has an interesting pedagogical potential and can be used both in and out of class. Perspectives in terms of ongoing developments toward the improvement of the system are outlined.
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Interactive map showing where WIMS is used. http://downloadcenter.wimsedu.info/download/map/map2.html.
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Enquête auprès des utilisateurs WIMS [WIMS user survey]. http://moin.irem.univ-mrs.fr/groupe-wims/Enquete [consulted 2017/11/14].
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Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, one of the universities in Paris (France).
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The project called IDEA was funded by the French Research National Agency (ANR) in the context of “Initiative of excellence in innovative training” (Initiative d’Excellence en Formations Innovantes, IDEFI) and of the Future Investments Programme (Programme Investissements d’Avenir, PIA).
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Platform first aimed at testing code for the learning of a first programming language. The first language project, launched by Dominique Revuz, aims to provide an easy-to-use self-correction exercise platform, https://github.com/plgitlogin/premierlangage/. The structure of this platform, written in Python and Django and interoperable, fully meets the current standards of software development and free software. It is based on a vision similar to that of WIMS: the teaching continues to be done in class, with pupils and teacher remaining the main actors. The platform allows for individual training with immediate feedback to the student and the teacher. This platform must therefore be able to respond to all tasks already answered by WIMS, in a better way.
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A proof of concept (POC) is, in software engineering, the first step in the software implementation process. In the case of software development for teaching, it gives the teacher access to the entire system environment, documentation, and architecture. POC makes it possible to test the software in the real conditions of use, to clarify the needs in terms of development and the expectations in terms of configuration.
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This chapter would never have been written without the kind and skilled support of Jana Trgalová et Gilles Aldon. The author expresses to them her warmest thanks.
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Kobylanski, M. (2019). WIMS: Innovative Pedagogy with 21 Year Old Interactive Exercise Software. In: Aldon, G., Trgalová, J. (eds) Technology in Mathematics Teaching. Mathematics Education in the Digital Era, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19741-4_6
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