20 mar 2007 año - ADAPTING AN OPEN-SOURCE WEB-BASED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS

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Authors:
- Olly Gotel
- Christelle Scharff

Conference:
Workshop on Online Assessment Systems for Computer Science and Mathematics 2008 (WeBWorK'08)

Abstract:
This paper describes the adaptation of an open-source web-based assessment system to support the teaching and assessment of programming fundamentals. WeBWorK is a system that has been used effectively in mathematics for a number of years and the nature of its underlying engine makes it particularly well-suited to the problems from this discipline. It is accessible for instructors to contribute problems and free for students to use. A community has built up around WeBWorK to share problem sets in mathematics. Within computer science, many of the webbased programming delivery and assessment systems are commercial initiatives; students pay to use them and problem sets are administered centrally. This paper describes a project that is adapting WeBWorK for use in computer science and presents initial findings from its use over one academic year. Our on-going and future work is summarized, and the broader potential highlighted.


Keywords:
Computer Science Education, Reusable Learning Objects, Teaching Programming Fundamentals, Testing and Assessment, Web-based Education, WeBWorK


Link:
http://ollygotel.com/downloads/adapting-an-open-source-web-based-assessment-system.pdf

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