LEAP -- Live Experiments for Active Pedagogy
Sumedh Karajagi, Sampad Bhusan Mohanty, Bhaskar Krishnamachari

TL;DR
LEAP is a lightweight framework that enables active student engagement in live classrooms through remotely callable functions, real-time participation visualization, and reusable interactive labs, fostering collaborative learning and instructor insights.
Contribution
This paper introduces LEAP, a novel framework for creating shareable, interactive computational labs that enhance engagement and provide real-time analytics in active pedagogy.
Findings
Enabled real-time visualization of student participation
Demonstrated applications in numerical analysis, machine learning, and algorithms
Facilitated community sharing of interactive labs
Abstract
Interactive computational environments can help students explore algorithmic concepts through collaborative hands-on experimentation. However, static and instructor controlled demos in lectures limit engagement. Even when interactive visualizations are used, interactions are solely controlled by the instructor, leaving students as passive observers. In addition, the tools used for demonstration often vary significantly, as they are typically developed by individual instructors. Consequently, the visualizations remain confined to a single classroom, rather than being shared and adapted across courses or reused by other instructors. To address this gap and foster active engagement in live classrooms, we present a lightweight and seamless software framework named LEAP for developing interactive computational lab exercises using a simple idea: remotely callable instructor-defined functions.…
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Taxonomy
TopicsExperimental Learning in Engineering · Teaching and Learning Programming · Mathematics Education and Programs
