EXPERT ASSESSMENT MODULE (EAM) FOR INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM (ITS)

This paper, entitled Expert Assessment Module (EAM) for Intelligence Tutoring System
(ITS), looks into theway of implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) components into
an online learning system that could help tertiary students to master the subject of
Structure Programming in C. The main objective ofthis project isto develop aprototype
of EAM that is capable of assessing, diagnosing and categorizing students into three
main level of expertise based ontheir performance, so that learning experience can be
much more effective. Currently, most of the existing online learning systems are only
capable to cater one-way-communication direction in which the lecturer of a particular
subject will upload all the relevant study materials at one end and students will
download and learn them firom the other end. Unfortunately, slow learners might find
difficulty to understand complicated topics without any explanation or guidance from
the lecturers. Nevertheless, the lecturer has less or no supervision of his students'
performances and perhaps the tests conducted tend to be set according to the lecturer's
own standard. Therefore, the scope of study for this project will covers the
understanding ofcurrent online learning system and the field of Artificial Intelligence,
the best pedagogical approach to design the course contents for learning modules based
on the student's performance, prototype development of EAM and integration of the
system as a whole. The EAM is expected to solve this problem by assessing the
student's capability, providing guidance and tips, grading students, and deterrnining the
best ways of presenting the lecture materials according to the student's level of
expertise. The Waterfall Model is used to assist and monitor all activities through out
the project's lifetime. The methodology consists of five phases including the
requirement definition phase, system and software design phase, development and unit
testing phase, implementation and system testing phase and project closing and
submission phase. This project is seen to be capable of improving the capability of
current online learning system andthe output obtained is expected to assist both students
and lecturers in learning and teaching the subject ofCPrograrnming more conveniently
and effectively.
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