Refining educational content through a closed-loop FLOW approach

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of a system, called Foundational Learning Objects Workbench (FLOW), which is intended to be used by instructors to educate their students in the major principles of multidisciplinary fields at a variety of grade levels. FLOW functions by dividing the major topics in a field into modules. These modules cover a wide variety of topics and may be inserted into different courses, providing students with a basic understanding of the field in question. FLOW also possesses methods for assessing both students and the modules.