A principled approach for formative Web learning assessment and adaptive tutoring

Author

Shih, Timothy K. ; Chang, Shi-Kuo ; Ma, Jianhua ; Huang, Runhe

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Software, Aizu Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

196

Abstract

Web based distance learning is a trend of instruction delivery. One of the most difficult challenges of such a learning mechanism is the assessment of students´ learning criteria. It is hard to judge the behavior of a student since the instructor is separated spatially and temporally from the students. However, it is possible to rely on some Web based tools to keep track of a student´s course attendance, as well as the navigation behavior of that student. In addition, the navigation behavior of an individual can be compared to those of others. Analysis can be conducted, and an interactive tutorial can be generated to assist the student with a poor score. The paper proposes such a mechanism, as well as its supporting system run on Windows browsers

Keywords

distance learning; educational administrative data processing; information resources; interactive systems; teaching; Web based distance learning; Web based tools; Windows browsers; adaptive tutoring; course attendance; formative Web learning assessment; instruction delivery; interactive tutorial; learning mechanism; navigation behavior; principled approach; student learning criteria assessment; Autonomous agents; Computer aided instruction; Computer science; Education; Feedback; Learning systems; Navigation; Phase change materials; Software; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Web Information Systems Engineering, 2000. Proceedings of the First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0577-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WISE.2000.882880

Filename

882880