OSSCAR

The Open Software Service for Classroom and Research (OSSCAR), an open web-based platform for educational content will be presented. OSSCAR provides a collaborative environment where teachers can easily develop, deploy, and access interactive notebooks that facilitate scientific learning via visualization, examples, and numerical experimentation. The platform aims at hosting a growing number of modules, each tackling a specific topic and with the potential to be combined and organised based on the needs of each class.

New web applications with educational content are welcome and can be easily created in the OSSCAR environment, that relies on friendly and common tools, such as python and Jupyter, as the key development tools. Easy deployment of the notebooks is achieved by automatic conversion into web application via the voila software and hosting on cloud solutions. Students can then access the material directly via the web avoiding the need of bespoke installations for individual courses and learn by performing specific tasks, solving exercises, and - importantly - experimenting in real time with the interactive content of the notebooks.