Title :
Improving the evaluation of electric power systems class students through BLS-based assessments
Author :
Morsi, Walid G. ; El-Hawary, M.E.
Abstract :
One of the main flaws of online teaching of electric power systems courses is that the problems are of large scale while dealing with complex numbers and complicated formulae. The solution of these problems involves many steps. The question types available in most course management systems (CMS) create those problems where the whole mark is based on the final answer rather than considering the steps involved in arriving at the solution therefore the auto-grading system in the CMS become unfair for student performance evaluation. This paper presents an improved version of online quizzes where the problem is broken down into multi-steps while distributing the whole mark among those steps instead of placing it on the final answer only. A detailed description of the multi-steps online (MSO) quizzes is introduced and compared with the online final answer evaluation (OFAE) version while students outcome in both versions are presented and analyzed.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; power engineering education; power systems; teaching; autograding system; blackboard learning system; course management system; e-learning; electric power systems class student evaluation; electric power systems courses; electronic learning; multistep online quizzes; online final answer evaluation version; online teaching; Collision mitigation; Education; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Large-scale systems; Learning systems; Load flow; Power system management; Power transmission lines; Synchronous machines; Blackboard Learning System; E-learning; Electric Power System; on-line teaching;
Conference_Titel :
Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2009. PES '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Calgary, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4241-6
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2009.5275189
