Extending Moodle Functionalities to Adaptive Testing Framework

Sodoke, K., Riopel, M., Raîche, G., Nkambou, R. & Lesage, M. (2007). Extending Moodle Functionalities to Adaptive Testing Framework. In T. Bastiaens & S. Carliner (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (pp. 476-482). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2007
Quebec City, Canada
October 15, 2007
ISBN 1-880094-63-0
  Theo Bastiaens & Saul Carliner
AACE

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Authors

Komi Sodoke, Martin Riopel, Gilles Raîche, CAMRI Lab , Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada; Roger Nkambou, GDAC Lab, Canada; Martin Lesage, CAMRI Lab , Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada

Abstract

E-learning has advanced considerably in the last decades allowing the interoperability of different systems and different kinds of adaptation to the student's profile or the learning objectives. But, some of its aspects, such as E-testing are still in an early stage. As a consequence, most of the actual E-learning platforms offer only basic E-testing functionalities. In addition, most of those platforms present the tests in a traditional format despite their known limitations and precision problems. However, by making efficient use of well known techniques in artificial intelligence, existing psychometric theories and standards in E-learning, it could be possible to integrate adaptive and more informative E-testing functionalities in the actual E-learning platforms. In this paper, we will present some of the principles, the architectural elements and the algorithms used in an exploratory integration of adaptive testing functionalities within the Moodle platform.