A Web-enabled Exam Preparation and Evaluation Service: providing real-time personalized tests for academic enhancement

Author

Abidi, Syed Sibte Raza ; Goh, Alwyn

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

441

Lastpage

442

Abstract

We present a technology-enriched, Web-enabled, value-added distance exam preparation and evaluation service that provides: (a) offline execution of fully featured preparatory exercises and evaluation tests in a real-life simulated examination environment; (b) content personalization to address scholastic weakness; and (c) the use of data mining techniques to ensure content effectiveness and the pro-active identification of the academic needs of various student segments. The solution is designed as a client-server architecture featuring Java technology and XML-mediated information exchange over the Internet

Keywords

Java; client-server systems; data mining; digital simulation; distance learning; educational administrative data processing; electronic data interchange; hypermedia markup languages; real-time systems; teaching; Internet; Java technology; Web-Enabled Exam Preparation and Evaluation Service; XML-mediated information exchange; academic enhancement; academic needs; client-server architecture; content effectiveness; content personalization; data mining techniques; evaluation tests; fully featured preparatory exercises; online execution; pro-active identification; real-life simulated examination environment; real-time personalized tests; scholastic weakness; student segments; value-added distance exam preparation; Automatic testing; Computational Intelligence Society; Computational modeling; Educational institutions; Government; Java; Particle measurements; Real time systems; System testing; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madison, WI

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1013-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2001.943971

Filename

943971