E-Testing question development technologies and strategies

Abstract

Advanced learning technologies integrate questions as a very relevant function in building e-Testing systems and especially in intelligent tutoring systems. Therefore, a huge challenge is the generation of a necessary and relevant assessment content. The existing efforts to realize open source learning materials and establishment of massive open online courses introduce another challenge for realization of a sophisticated system and appropriate knowledge database with huge number of questions reflecting all relevant knowledge items (learning objectives). In this paper we present the experience in realization of a real e-Testing system by building two variations: the first with standard graphical interface, and the other with an enhanced media interaction supporting interactive images. We present several question generation strategies for conventional approach using multiple-choice questions and also for the system with interactive images. These techniques can be used to develop a large set of questions and assessment content.