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1 lin Arsenescu, Ruxandra-Cristina Dumitriu, Bogdan Andrei Bach Paul Dan Cristea and Rodica Tuduce “Politehnica” University of Bucharest Spl. Independentei 313, 77206 Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 -1- 411 44 37, Fax: +40 -1- 410 44 14 e-mail: {trodica, pcristea}@dsp.pub.ro Pilot Implementation of an Intelligent eLearning System 3-rd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON E-COMMERCE / E-ACTIVITIES / E-WORKING / E-BUSINESS, ON-LINE SERVICES, VIRTUAL INSTITUTES AND THEIR INFLUENCES ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT E-COMM-LINE 2002 E-COMM-LINE 2002 Bucharest, ROMANIA, September 26-27, 2002

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Cătălin Arsenescu, Ruxandra-Cristina Dumitriu, Bogdan Andrei Bacheş,

Paul Dan Cristea and Rodica Tuduce “Politehnica” University of Bucharest

Spl. Independentei 313, 77206 Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 -1- 411 44 37, Fax: +40 -1- 410 44 14

e-mail: {trodica, pcristea}@dsp.pub.ro

Pilot Implementation of an Intelligent eLearning System

Pilot Implementation of an Intelligent eLearning System

3-rd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON E-COMMERCE / E-ACTIVITIES / E-WORKING / E-BUSINESS, ON-LINE SERVICES, VIRTUAL INSTITUTES AND THEIR INFLUENCES ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

E-COMM-LINE 2002E-COMM-LINE 2002Bucharest, ROMANIA, September 26-27, 2002

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ContentsContents

• Introduction

• Adaptive Course Structure

• Customized Personal Tutoring

• Current Implementation Features• Login / Registration Unit

• Choosing Objectives

• Auto Testing & Formulating a Question

• Database Structure

• Technical Specifications

• Conclusions

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•Open Distance Learning(ODL)

•Socrates Minerva Project 87574-CP-1-2000-1-RO-Minerva-ODL

•learner-centered

•problem-based

•creative learning

•Expected results

•eLearning systems more efficient, affordable and

user-friendly, while maintaining high scientific and

pedagogical quality

1.Introduction

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2.Course Structure

•Adaptive Course Structure

•Main Tools:

•Learner’s Profile Eliciting Tool (LPET)

•Automatic Tutoring Tool (ATT)

•Purpose:

•develop different learning strategies(depending on their

objectives, preferences)

•way of navigation through the learning material

•Requires:

•multi-level structure of a course

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3.Customized Personal Tutoring

Student profile Student profile

•the student objectives statement

•the specific way of navigating through the learning material

•the scores of the tests and the structure of the correct/wrong answers

•the input from the tutor

•the contributions of the student in formulating new questions

and quizes, in proposing relevant support material and literature

•the interaction between the students

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4.Current Implementation Features

•Login / Registration Unit

•Choosing Objectives

•Auto Testing & Formulating a Question

•Database Structure

•Technical Specifications

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4.Current Implementation Features 4.1.Login / Registration Unit

Provides login for the already registered users, and a sign-in for the new ones The user’s email is verified by sending the new user an activation code(in order

to avoid abuse )

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4.Current Implementation Features 4.2.Choosing Objectives •Gives learner’s the possibility to choose his / her objectives

•master degree enrollment •simple course •a problem oriented study

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4.Current Implementation Features 4.3.Auto Testing & Formulating a Question•Allows the students to evaluate their progress through the course•Users can formulate a question and post it for validation from the tutor

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4.Current Implementation Features 4.4.Database General Considerations

We consider for this project 2 types of databases:

• “Socrates” database that is used to hold the common data for the entire project

• A database for each course, containing all the information about the course

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4.Current Implementation Features 4.4.Database Structure – “Socrates”

users

PK ID INTEGER

I1 username VARCHAR(50)password VARCHAR(50)type CHAR(7)name VARCHAR(50)surname VARCHAR(50)address VARCHAR(80)affiliation VARCHAR(80)

I2 email VARCHAR(80)activated CHAR(1)acode VARCHAR(15)

courses

PK ID INTEGER

db VARCHAR(50)name VARCHAR(200)

m_courses

PK ID INTEGER

I1 ID_Master INTEGERID_Course INTEGERoptional TINYINT

masters

PK ID INTEGER

name VARCHAR(100)description VARCHAR(255)

sobjectives

PK ID INTEGER

I1 ID_user INTEGERtype TINYINTID_MxC INTEGERID_Course INTEGERoptional TINYINTpreference TINYINT

Example of database tables

Socrates database holds information about:

•courses•the users•objectives of each user•personal data of the users

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4.Current Implementation Features 4.4.Database Structure – course databases

Table from the Java course

database

The course database holds•the structure of the course•the questions and answers related to the chapters, subchapters and paragraphs of the course and to the keywords of the course, •each learner’s path through the course and the path suggested by the LPET•users performances during the tests

The information from the database is used to dinamically generate the navigation menu of the course.

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4.Current Implementation Features 4.5.Technical Specifications

Technical Information

-Database version: MySQL 3.23.52 MAX

-Web Server: Apache 1.3.20

-Languages: PHP 4.0.6, JavaScript,HTML

Design

-Multiple platform compatibility

-Module-oriented structure Address

http://e-learning.dsp.pub.ro

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5.Conclusions

•Adding new dimensions to the practice and services of

ODL

• E-Learning - more efficient, affordable and user-friendly

•Offers alternative solutions to trainers and trainees from

different academic and professional environments

•Targets a wide variety of users, not only to specialists in

different areas of science, but to life-long learners, and

publishers.