Computerized adaptive tests and item response theory on a distance education platform

  • Authors:
  • Pedro Salcedo;M. Angélica Pinninghoff;Ricardo Contreras

  • Affiliations:
  • Research and Educational Informatics Department, Informatics Engineering and Computer Science Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile;Research and Educational Informatics Department, Informatics Engineering and Computer Science Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile;Research and Educational Informatics Department, Informatics Engineering and Computer Science Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

  • Venue:
  • IWINAC'05 Proceedings of the First international work-conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation conference on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering Applications: a bioinspired approach - Volume Part II
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This article presents how Computerized Adaptive Tests and Item Response Theory are modified for using in a Distance Education Platform, MISTRAL, showing the advantages of using this technique, the way in which the knowledge acquisition is accomplished, how it links to student profile and how the students and materials are evaluated.