SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ASSESSMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC LEARNING SYSTEM

• US 20150111192A1
• Filed: 10/22/2013
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: D2L Corporation
• Original Assignee: Desire2Learn Incorporated
• Inventors: Mihai, Sebastian, McClelland, Phil, Brown, Philip, Ignjatovic, Vladan
• Granted Patent: US 10,559,216 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/362
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers

Abstract

Systems and methods for conducting an electronic assessment in an electronic learning (eLearning) environment are provided. The system includes a display and at least one processor operatively coupled to the display. The at least one processor configured for: providing an electronic assessment comprising a plurality of assessment tasks for a current participant to complete within an allocated amount of assessment time; determining context-dependent time requirement (CDTR) value for at least one of the assessment tasks based upon historical performance data associated with that task, the CDTR value being indicative of a suggested amount of time required to complete that task; and providing the CDTR value to the current participant.

Claims

1. An electronic learning system for conducting an electronic assessment, the system comprising:

(a) a display; and

(b) at least one processor operatively coupled to the display, the at least one processor configured for;

(i) providing an electronic assessment comprising a plurality of assessment tasks for a current participant to complete within an allocated amount of assessment time;

(ii) determining context-dependent time requirement (CDTR) value for at least one of the assessment tasks based upon historical performance data associated with that task, the CDTR value being indicative of a suggested amount of time required to complete that task; and

(iii) providing the CDTR value to the current participant.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the historical data for the at least one of the assessment tasks include data indicative of the amount of time required for historical participants to complete that task and obtain a defined successful task value for that task.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the successful task value is defined automatically based upon the historical data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the historical data for the at least one of the assessment tasks is historical data associated with similar historical participants.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the similar historical participants are identified based upon the academic performance of the current participant and historical participant in at least one other assessment module.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the CDTR value is adjusted based upon success rate of historical participants associated with the at least one of the assessment tasks, the success rate being indicative of a portion of historical participants who had obtained the successful task value for that task.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the CDTR value for a task k is determined according to:

CDTR(k)=T(k)/S(k)

wherein T(k) is the amount of time required for historical participants to complete that task and obtain a defined successful task value for that task, and S(k) is the success rate for that task.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein a normalized CDTR value is determined based upon the CDTR value and the assessment time.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to provide a pace visualization including a visual representation of the CDTR value and the assessment time.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a suggested order of performance for remaining tasks of the plurality of assessment tasks to optimize the participant'"'"'s performance, the suggested order being determined based upon CDTR value and task value associated with the remaining tasks and remaining time of the assessment time.

11. A method for conducting an electronic assessment, the method comprising:

(a) providing an electronic assessment comprising a plurality of assessment tasks for a current participant to complete within an allocated amount of assessment time;

(b) determining context-dependent time requirement (CDTR) value using at least one processor for at least one of the assessment tasks based upon historical performance data associated with that task, the CDTR value being indicative of a suggested amount of time required to complete that task; and

(c) providing the CDTR value to the current participant.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the historical data for the at least one of the assessment tasks include data indicative of the amount of time required for historical participants to complete that task and obtain a defined successful task value for that task.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises defining the successful task value automatically based upon the historical data.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the historical data for the at least one of the assessment tasks is historical data associated with similar historical participants.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising identifying similar historical participants are identified based upon the academic performance of the current participant and historical participant in at least one other assessment module.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising adjusting the CDTR value based upon success rate of historical participants associated with the at least one of the assessment tasks, the success rate being indicative of a portion of historical participants who had obtained the successful task value for that task.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the CDTR value for a task k is determined according to:

CDTR(k)=T(k)/S(k)

wherein T(k) is the amount of time required for historical participants to complete that task and obtain a defined successful task value for that task, and S(k) is the success rate for that task.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining a normalized CDTR value based upon the CDTR value and the assessment time.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing a pace visualization including a visual representation of the CDTR value and the assessment time.

20. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining a suggested order of performance for remaining tasks of the plurality of assessment tasks to optimize the participant'"'"'s performance, the suggested order being determined based upon CDTR value and task value associated with the remaining tasks and remaining time of the assessment time.