Open Source Groovy Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) Software

The Repast Suite is a family of advanced, free, and open source agent-based modeling and simulation platforms that have been under continuous development for over 20 years. Current source code and releases are hosted on Github https://repast.github.io/

Myrtle is a simple programmable spreadsheet and statistical analysis software specifically designed for learning statistics. It provides the standard spreadsheet functionality one would expect like multiple tabbed sheets, relative and absolute row and column referencing in formulas, and a large catalog of built-in functions. Functions specific to logic and computer science, mathematics, probability, and statistics are available. Student's can easily create, customize, and update plots and graphical summaries of their analyses. Myrtle offers a unique bookmarking facility which allows students to create and reuse named references to their favorite cell ranges. This can help students focus attention on the important relationships among particular rows or columns of data. Myrtle's graphics and reporting features allow students to report back to their instructors their mastery of course content.

Tangara is an educational platform to get started with programming. The main target is the teenagers but it can be used by others. Tangara was originally developed by the Colombbus association (http://www.colombbus.org)