MOST is only available to certain schools. If you are one of those schools your account will have been set-up for you. Idividual sign-up on MOST is not enabled at the moment.
About...
Welcome to MyOnlineScienceTutor (aka MOST). The site was born on 7th April 2018 during the Easter Holidays when I decided to attempt to use technology to tackle a couple of challenges I had as the Head of Science in a UK 11-18 secondary school. At it's core it is intended to support student progress in Science.
The site is based on multiple choice questions used in low stakes quizzing. It has 2900+ questions linked to 150+ of the best (free) videos I can find with 100+ supporting diagrams. Questions focus on recall (A01) & application (A02). Students require calculators to answer some questions.
Students immediately took to the site answering over 18,000 questions in the first three weeks reporting that it helped them make progress.
MOST was extended through COVID to support student remote independent study. A combination of multiple choice questions & videos were used to assess prior knowledge, teach content, then re-assess to ensure progress had been made. Students answered hundreds of thousands of questions completing 'video quizzes'. Feedback from students & parents was excellent. The ability to track student effort proved very useful (i) allowing identification of students that were not working (despite telling parents they were) and (ii) those that thought 2am was a suitable time to study!
September 2023 has seen my focus return to MOST whilst I struggle with Long COVID. Recall (A01) is being targetted through the introduction of daily quizzes. Topics/questions are spaced and interleaved. MOST uses students answers to build a picture of their strengths & weaknesses which then drives a programme unique to that student. Because MOST knows exactly what students in a class do/don't know it can then inform teachers what to focus on in class. Out with the now standard 'recall quizzes'. In with new targetted recall surgeries!
Jan 2024 MOST focus switched to QLA. Most schools perform QLA annually off GCSE data which means it is (i) always retrospective & (ii) may not be applicable to the cohort it is applied to. MOST now takes questions level marks for the June 2023 papers and provides student, class and cohort level QLA analytics i.e. on student Mock data. Yes, students, teachers, & HODs, now have QLA on current students that they can use to help prepare for 2024 GCSEs. Weird idea huh.
Feb 2024 and marking became the focus. Imagine students answering PPQs online that are automatically marked with students given personalised feedback on every question. Anybody heard of AI? Well that forms a key part of it. Teachers & students use the feedback to focus their efforts. Teachers marking load decreases so they have more time to focus on improving lessons/interventions. Sound too good to be true? Well its all written. Now it is time to run with real students answers to 'tune' the AI interactions (think moderation in teacher speak) before scaling up.
Mar 2024 focus will depend on what takes my interest. Tbh I'm hoping I improve enough to get out of the house rather than being stuck at a computer!
To infinity and beyond! Or being realistic out of the front gate?