Curriculum sequencing using quizzes and statistics

  • Authors:

  • Ravikumar Darbhamulla;Pamela B. Lawhead

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Mississippi, University, MS;University of Mississippi, University, MS

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2nd annual conference on Mid-south college computing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Distance education is experiencing a paradigm shift, because of the change from industrial era to information era. It is now possible for courseware to be delivered online, in a very efficient yet appealing manner. To that end, it becomes imperative to address a number of pedagogical issues that crop up in the design of a dynamic web-based system for the delivery of courseware. In order to have an effective Learning Management System (LMS), it should enhance the advantages and at the same time alleviate the issues that exist in traditional learning environments. The primary issue related to traditional learning is that the learning process involved is serial and static. All the students of a class are presented with the same material and same assessment approaches, even though the knowledge and understanding of any individual student is different from that of others. Hence every student's progress needs to be monitored and they should be provided with tailored course content and assessments. The best way to do this is to get constant feedback on the performance and learning style of the student, via student status monitoring. Quizzes and click statistics act as good pointers in displaying the performance of a student. The Student Status Monitoring tool (SSM) was developed using these components and presents the student with tailored content, depending on his pre-requisite knowledge and his interest. This approach makes the learning parallel ("Choose your own adventure"), and also reduces the redundancies that exist in traditional environments.