Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madison, WI
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1013-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2001.943971
