An Online Web-based Adaptive Tutoring System for University Exit Exam on IT Literacy

With the significance of information technology literacy in the 21st century, the university requires all students to have specific knowledge of this topic before graduation by taking the exit exam. The university has encountered the problem with the meager rate of students who passed this exam. Since they learned this topic in the freshmen year, their understanding of this topic may be lost and limited consequently. Therefore, the students need a tutoring system that can help them to review the content effectively before taking the exam. In this study, an online web-based adaptive tutoring system has been developed by adopting the context of exit exam on information technology literacy. The developed system embedded an adaptive structure on questions, assessment and learning profile that can help students to better prepare and refresh their knowledge before taking the exit exam. The system has been tested for the system performance before use. To find the effectiveness of this system, the data analysis has been conducted. The results show that the students who learning and practicing on this system have higher achievements on the exam, while the university has a higher rate of students who passed this exam accordingly. The findings of this study shed light on the significance of preparing students to be ready before graduation by the competent, meaningful support of online learning system.