Transforming Competence Structure to assessment questions and feedback for a Self-Study System

Abstract

Currently there are many self-study and self-assessment systems available for learners. Some self-assessment and adaptive systems were designed based upon the idea of traditional user modeling. These systems are at risk of inconsistently modeling the user when estimating a learner’s knowledge level and do not support the learner’s intended learning outcome. This paper proposes a competence-based system for self-study and selfassessment. It can generate a possible learning path guiding the learners based on their chosen competences, suggest study materials from the Web, design assessment questions and generate feedback for learners after completing an assessment. The infrastructure of our system is mainly considered from a structure of competence which identifies the relationship between learner’s competences. The benefit of our system is that it requires the appropriate competence structure to be embedded within the system.