MOCET: a mobile collaborative examination tool

  • Authors:
  • Sergio F. Ochoa;Andrés Neyem;Gabriel Bravo;Emilio Ormeñ o

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile;Computer Science Department, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile;Computer Science Department, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile;Institute of Informatics, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, Argentina

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Human interface: Part II
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper presents a mobile collaborative application to support the Collaborative Examination Technique (CET). This software tool, named MOCET, keeps the metaphor of the student's paper notebook used to support CET processes. In addition, it provides solutions to overcome the two main limitations identified on CET: (a) the inefficiency to support the building and sharing knowledge processes carried out by students during the pre and posttest activities, and (b) the high cost in time spent by instructors to carry out the examination process. Although MOCET is able to run on several computing devices, it has been specially designed to be used on Tablet PCs and PDAs and interact with the users using a pen device. This tool replaces the student's paper notebook during exams and supports students and instructors in every phase of the examination process. MOCET has been tested in two computer science courses and interesting results were obtained.