Moving towards a Fully Automatic Knowledge Assessment Tool

Information about a student's level or state of knowledge is a key aspect for efficient, personalized learning activities. E-learning systems gain such information in two ways: directly by examining users' self-assessment and administering predefined tests and indirectly by making inferences on observed user behaviors. However, most of the current solution approaches either demand excessive manpower or lack required reliability. To overcome these problems, we have developed the e-Examiner, an assessment tool that supports the assessment process by creating automatically test items, assessing students' answers and providing feedback. In this paper, we firstly give an overview about a variety of computer-assisted and computer-based assessment systems and methods that support formative assessment activities. Secondly, we introduce the overall concept and architecture of the eExaminer. Thirdly, we outline implementation details and evaluation results of our prototype impleme...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: IJET
• Authors: Christian Guetl
• Keywords: Assessment, Demand Excessive Manpower, Formative Assessment Activities, IJET 2008