Reusable Learning Content
Promoting the development and broader reuse of innovative learning content instrumented for rich data collection.
SPLICE: Standards, Protocols, and Learning Infrastructure for Computing Education
SPLICE supports the CS education community with shared documentation, infrastructure, standards, protocols, and tools that make learning content and educational data easier to build, reuse, and study.
Data and Analytics
Developing formats and tools for the analysis of learner data.
Research Infrastructure
Sharing best practices for making learner datasets and analytics available to CSE, data science, and learning science researchers.
What’s happening
News, Events, and Demonstrations
Recent News and Upcoming Events
Project showcase
SPLICE Demo Gallery
See host systems, smart learning content, authoring tools, catalogs, and related community software in action.
Community-led development
SPLICE Working Groups
SPLICE Portal
Leader Cliff Shaffer More leaders needed
Google GroupReplicating Programming Interventions
Leader Thomas Price
Google GroupSmart Learning Content Protocols
Leaders Cay Horstmann, Steve Edwards, and Cliff Shaffer
Google GroupParsons Problems Interoperability Standards
Leader Cliff Shaffer More leaders needed
Google GroupReusable Code Examples
Leaders Peter Brusilovsky and Vasile Rus
Google GroupLarge Language Models
Leaders Juho Leinonen and Bita Akram
Google GroupSmall Code Snapshots (ProgSnap)
Leaders Thomas Price and Ayaan Kazerouni
Google GroupProgramming Exercise Markup Language (PEML)
Leaders Phill Conrad, Cory Bart, and Stephen Edwards
Packaging Curricular Materials
Leaders Cory Bart, Phill Conrad, Michael Hilton, and Bob Edmison
Google GroupFocus areas
Content, Data, and Integration
Learning content
Reusable Smart Content for CS Education
Explore smart learning content systems, formats, and infrastructure.
Research data
Datasets and Data Analytics
Infrastructure for collecting educational datasets, making them available to researchers, and providing appropriate analysis tools.
Integration
Learning Tools Interoperability Resources
Tutorials, documentation, examples, and support for connecting learning tools.
Reference material
Resources
Project Background
For a fuller description of the SPLICE vision and goals, read the overview from the successful 2017 NSF proposal.
Community and Programs
- SPLICE Google Group
- SPLICE Mini-grants: information on past efforts and how to apply
- SPLICE Glossary of commonly used CS education research and technology terms
Repositories
- SPLICE GitHub organization
- LTI examples and support repository
- SPLICE Catalog for smart learning content and education datasets
- PEML Ruby Gem
Documentation
Best-Practice Examples
Related Standards
Policy and operations
Administrative Policy
Data governance
Research Policy
- University educational data access policies
- Examples of IRB protocols
Infrastructure
Project Operations
- Hosting information
- Project scale-up and lifecycle examples
Compliance
Security and Accessibility
- HECVAT, VPAT, and similar security/privacy statement examples
Get help
Project Support
Need technical assistance with LTI or similar technology? Join the SPLICE Google Group, explore the LTI tutorials, browse the SPLICE Catalog, or email cssplice@gmail.com.
SPLICE is supported by the National Science Foundation and by Virginia Tech’s Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies unit.
