Title :
An allocation model for automatic assignment generation and marking
Author :
Tretiakov, Alexei ; Kinshuk, Alexei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Syst., Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand
Abstract :
The increasing student-to-teacher ratio in university sector not only resulted in increased demand for automation of assignment marking and feedback but also raised concerns of increase in copying of assignments and cheating. This paper considers a solution to this problem and offers an assignment individualization model and an assignment allocation model taking into account the risks and the costs involved. The models open way for minimizing teacher workload required to achieve a given acceptable level of plagiarism risk.
Keywords :
educational administrative data processing; teaching; assignment allocation model; assignment individualization model; assignment marking; automatic assignment generation; feedback; plagiarism risk; teacher workload minimization; teaching; Automatic programming; Automation; Collaborative work; Costs; Education; Feedback; Information systems; Plagiarism; Programming profession; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2005. ICALT 2005. Fifth IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2338-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2005.46