2018 28th International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications (ICCTA), 2018
This research introduces a web-based platform that enables generating fully customizable CAT exam... more This research introduces a web-based platform that enables generating fully customizable CAT examinations. Such platform is based on most flexible, newly introduced web technologies; NodeJS. It is a fast and efficient web server for web applications. The architecture is structured using Modified Multinomial Model (MMM). MMM has been identified as one of the best models that succeeded to grant results resembling real examinees' abilities and the best model with least item exposure issue. The structure and outline of the architecture are introduced to demonstrate the traits and attributes of the existing approach.
International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 2004
The paper illustrates how fuzzy techniques can be applied to address problems experienced in wide... more The paper illustrates how fuzzy techniques can be applied to address problems experienced in widespread computing systems for distance learning. Many educational organizations use Web Course Management Systems (WCMS) to run distance courses. In such environments, facilitators often face difficulties in monitoring and understanding problems experienced by distance learners. An approach is proposed here where artificial advisors are built to offer distance-learning facilitators informed advice of what the problems/needs of individuals and groups may be, as well as to suggest appropriate actions when possible. We have developed the TADV (Teacher ADVisor) framework, which builds student, group, and class models based on the tracking information generated by WCMS, and uses these models to generate advice to the course instructors. This paper introduces TADV and describes the fuzzy approach used for extracting individual, group and class models. TADV is currently exemplified in a Discrete...
2014 24th International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications (ICCTA), 2014
Providing accurate advice to undergraduate students during their undergraduate program and direct... more Providing accurate advice to undergraduate students during their undergraduate program and directing them towards proper course selection is the means by which their main interests can constitute the basis for their choices in the undergraduate stage. In this paper we propose and develop a multi- agent-based university advising system for advising undergraduate students instead of the traditional advising method through departments’ advisors. This system aims at assisting undergraduate students of the Information System (IS) major at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST) to select the suitable courses during their undergraduate program. The proposed system enables students to select suitable courses for each semester without the need to consult advisors. Moreover, it takes into account course prerequisites and priorities. Java language, JADE platform and oracle 11g database are used to implement the system. As anticipated, the findings revealed that ...
ABSTRACT Software development today is a complex area, in which new problems and challenges const... more ABSTRACT Software development today is a complex area, in which new problems and challenges constantly arise, competition is rather high, and it is difficult to maintain high position on the market. This paper aims to introduce and develop a validated prototype-based RAD model using the evolutionary approach with the purpose of minimizing the risk of changes in software engineering and to have a product that meets its expectations in terms of functionality, cost, quality, and delivery schedule. Rapid application development (RAD) is created to present a higher level of responsibility that includes both a business unit requirement capturing and testing. Contact and interview case study participants approach are taken in deriving and validating the proposed model. Then, survey instruments undergo for testing and evaluation process for measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed model. The case study results showed reduction in the project risk to be behind of the delivery schedule, cost of software development, improve the quality of the system and deliver software that actually meets the needs of users.
2018 28th International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications (ICCTA), 2018
Most of students think that mathematics is a difficult, complicated and confusing subject because... more Most of students think that mathematics is a difficult, complicated and confusing subject because it involves formulae and calculations. Most children see mathematic as a boring subject and there is no relationship between learning mathematics and its application to society. This paper explores the use of gamification in mathematics learning for children in order to increase their engagement and motivation in learning mathematics. Experiments have been conducted on various students' categories to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed gamified mathematics learning method. The experimental results show an outstanding performance in the terms of students' progress improvement compared with others who used traditional learning methodology. Various experiments have been carried out to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed gamified method.
Essam Kosba Using Fuzzy Techniques to Model Students in Web-Based Learning Environments The paper... more Essam Kosba Using Fuzzy Techniques to Model Students in Web-Based Learning Environments The paper illustrates how fuzzy techniques can be used to address problems experienced in widespread computing systems for distance learning. We have developed the TADV (Teacher ADVisor) framework, which builds student, group, and class models based on the tracking information generated by a Web Course Management System (WCMS) and uses these models for generating advice to the course instructors/facilitators. This paper introduces TADV and describes the fuzzy approach used for extracting individual, group and class models.
There has been a growing need for the use of information and decision-making systems in evacuatio... more There has been a growing need for the use of information and decision-making systems in evacuation planning as a part of emergency management in order to reduce as, many losses as possible. To minimize damage, an accurate and effective evacuation plan that gives more than one evacuation path considering the changing road conditions in minimal time is imperative. The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Decision-Support Systems (DSS), and shortest-path algorithms as a solution for this problem is the subject of this chapter. A framework for providing preparedness and response plans after an emergency event occurs is proposed. The plan provided by the proposed framework includes a calculated degree of hazard posed by that event (three emergency models are incorporated), the radius of affected area (a spatial overlay to draw a buffer zone is conducted), identification of all safe destinations, and the best alternative paths for evacuation from inside the buffer zone to safe des...
Many educational organizations use Web Course Management Systems (WCMS) to build distance courses... more Many educational organizations use Web Course Management Systems (WCMS) to build distance courses. In such environments facilitators often face difficulties to monitor and understand the problems of their distant students. TADV (Teacher ADVisor) is a framework that uses the tracking information generated by a WCMS about individual students to build fuzzy student, group, and class models which are used to provide teachers with appropriate advice to help them manage their distance courses. This paper introduces and shortly describes this framework.
An important aspect of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) is their ability to provide individual... more An important aspect of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) is their ability to provide individualized instruction in a manner similar to what offered by a personal human instructor. A student model is described as the information that ITS keeps about an individual student. ITSs should actively support the student’s learning process through tailoring the teaching process carried out to each individual student. The main purpose of a student model is to provide the planning component of an ITS with the information it needs to select a suitable instructional action. Probability Theory Intelligent Tutoring System (PTITS) is an intelligent system for teaching the fundamentals of the probability theory. The PTITS’ approach to building the student model relies on gathering a great deal of information about the student through employment of both overlay and buggy models. An approach to inexact modeling of student ability based on certainty theory and fuzzy sets theory was adopted as a way to...
Essam Kosba Using Student and Group Models to Support Teachers in Web-Based Distance Education Th... more Essam Kosba Using Student and Group Models to Support Teachers in Web-Based Distance Education The paper illustrates how student modeling and advice generation methods can be used to address problems experienced in Web-based distance education courses. We have developed the TADV (Teacher ADVisor) framework which builds student models based on the tracking data collected by a course management system and uses these models to generate advice to the course instructors, so that they can improve their feedback and guidance to distance students. The paper introduces TADV, describes how student, group, and class models are used for generating advice to the teachers, and discusses the viability of this approach based on an evaluative study with users.
There is an increasing demand for distance education to be implemented nowadays by most education... more There is an increasing demand for distance education to be implemented nowadays by most educational organizations. The Internet has become the medium for course delivery, and Web Course Management Systems (WCMS) are widely used to deploy distance courses which need to provide appropriate support to both students and instructors. The instructors play a central role in managing the course, and their success in dealing with reported problems in distance learning, such as students� isolation and disorientation in hyperspace, depends on the understanding the instructors have about what is happening in distance classes. Based on tracking data, most WCMS provide statistical information to help instructors monitor their students. However, there is a lack of automatic features to guide instructors by pointing at important situations and highlighting possible problems. Such features may help instructors, and reduce the workload and communication overhead needed for managing distance classes e...
Essam Kosba Intelligent Examination System to Support Teacher’s Reflection Measurement of Student... more Essam Kosba Intelligent Examination System to Support Teacher’s Reflection Measurement of Students’ Guided Feedback Feedback on student performance is a critical part of E-learning environments. Assessment is one of the most important activities in education to evaluate the knowledge level of a student and to highlight the mistakes and misconceptions especially, in Multiple Choices (MC) Exam which discovers the weak points of lesson in addition to prerequisite lessons. This paper proposes an Intelligent Examination Framework (I-EXAM), which includes two different types of adaptivity: a) Student receives immediate feedback during MC exam, b) Teacher monitors and tracks the students’ attempts and measure the effectiveness of his/her given feedback via a Visual Suggestion Refinement Tool (VSRT) using Data Mining Techniques. This type of analytical and diagnostic visual tool enables teachers to drill down from a high-level overview into the details of student activities, which ultimatel...
Essam Kosba College Students' Performance According to their Gender: Case study on Engineering Gr... more Essam Kosba College Students' Performance According to their Gender: Case study on Engineering Graduates at Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport. Students' performance at college is affected by many factors. Stepwise analysis on Engineering College students showed that gender is one of the most predictor variables for college performance.
Essam Kosba Mining Students' Attempts in Multiple Choices Exams to Understand Students' L... more Essam Kosba Mining Students' Attempts in Multiple Choices Exams to Understand Students' Learning This paper uses an exploratory data mining methodology to analyze students’ learning behavior using students’ interactions during Multiple Choice (MC) online quizzes of computer science students. The core algorithm employs association rules technique to find out the relationships between each pattern of students’ behavior, finding students’ misconceptions that often occur together and measuring the effectiveness of teacher’s given feedback. The paper presents Intelligent Examination System (I-EXAM), which supports teachers in E-learning environments. Experiments were carried out using real data collected from a group of students who used I-EXAM. Using generated rules, teacher can make decisions to modify course contents in order to improve the learning outcomes. Based on the evaluation made by educational experts, the results showed that teacher can understand student’s behavior ...
International Journal of Computer Applications, 2016
This study highlights the importance of using technology in increasing communication and interact... more This study highlights the importance of using technology in increasing communication and interaction between students and teacher as a tool that helps access information through the fastest and latest technological methods. During this paper search a prototype has been developed named (InTeRaCt), and tested with random users, including students and teachers from SQU. The survey result which conducted from some users who tested the prototype was much stimulating, explaining how helpful such tool could support the interactivity between students and teachers, and affecting in positive way in student education process.
Feedback on student performance is a critical part of E-learning environments. Assessment is one ... more Feedback on student performance is a critical part of E-learning environments. Assessment is one of the most important activities in education to evaluate the knowledge level of a student and to highlight the mistakes and misconceptions; especially, in Multiple Choices (MC) Exam which discovers the weak points of lesson in addition to prerequisite lessons. This paper proposes an Intelligent Examination Framework (I-EXAM), which includes two different types of adaptivity: a) Student receives immediate feedback during MC exam, b) Teacher monitors and tracks the students’ attempts and measure the effectiveness of his/her given feedback via a Visual Suggestion Refinement Tool (VSRT) using Data Mining Techniques. This type of analytical and diagnostic visual tool enables teachers to drill down from a high-level overview into the details of student activities, which ultimately allows enhancement of the concept map and the given feedbacks to match students’ needs.
2018 28th International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications (ICCTA), 2018
This research introduces a web-based platform that enables generating fully customizable CAT exam... more This research introduces a web-based platform that enables generating fully customizable CAT examinations. Such platform is based on most flexible, newly introduced web technologies; NodeJS. It is a fast and efficient web server for web applications. The architecture is structured using Modified Multinomial Model (MMM). MMM has been identified as one of the best models that succeeded to grant results resembling real examinees' abilities and the best model with least item exposure issue. The structure and outline of the architecture are introduced to demonstrate the traits and attributes of the existing approach.
International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 2004
The paper illustrates how fuzzy techniques can be applied to address problems experienced in wide... more The paper illustrates how fuzzy techniques can be applied to address problems experienced in widespread computing systems for distance learning. Many educational organizations use Web Course Management Systems (WCMS) to run distance courses. In such environments, facilitators often face difficulties in monitoring and understanding problems experienced by distance learners. An approach is proposed here where artificial advisors are built to offer distance-learning facilitators informed advice of what the problems/needs of individuals and groups may be, as well as to suggest appropriate actions when possible. We have developed the TADV (Teacher ADVisor) framework, which builds student, group, and class models based on the tracking information generated by WCMS, and uses these models to generate advice to the course instructors. This paper introduces TADV and describes the fuzzy approach used for extracting individual, group and class models. TADV is currently exemplified in a Discrete...
2014 24th International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications (ICCTA), 2014
Providing accurate advice to undergraduate students during their undergraduate program and direct... more Providing accurate advice to undergraduate students during their undergraduate program and directing them towards proper course selection is the means by which their main interests can constitute the basis for their choices in the undergraduate stage. In this paper we propose and develop a multi- agent-based university advising system for advising undergraduate students instead of the traditional advising method through departments’ advisors. This system aims at assisting undergraduate students of the Information System (IS) major at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST) to select the suitable courses during their undergraduate program. The proposed system enables students to select suitable courses for each semester without the need to consult advisors. Moreover, it takes into account course prerequisites and priorities. Java language, JADE platform and oracle 11g database are used to implement the system. As anticipated, the findings revealed that ...
ABSTRACT Software development today is a complex area, in which new problems and challenges const... more ABSTRACT Software development today is a complex area, in which new problems and challenges constantly arise, competition is rather high, and it is difficult to maintain high position on the market. This paper aims to introduce and develop a validated prototype-based RAD model using the evolutionary approach with the purpose of minimizing the risk of changes in software engineering and to have a product that meets its expectations in terms of functionality, cost, quality, and delivery schedule. Rapid application development (RAD) is created to present a higher level of responsibility that includes both a business unit requirement capturing and testing. Contact and interview case study participants approach are taken in deriving and validating the proposed model. Then, survey instruments undergo for testing and evaluation process for measuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed model. The case study results showed reduction in the project risk to be behind of the delivery schedule, cost of software development, improve the quality of the system and deliver software that actually meets the needs of users.
2018 28th International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications (ICCTA), 2018
Most of students think that mathematics is a difficult, complicated and confusing subject because... more Most of students think that mathematics is a difficult, complicated and confusing subject because it involves formulae and calculations. Most children see mathematic as a boring subject and there is no relationship between learning mathematics and its application to society. This paper explores the use of gamification in mathematics learning for children in order to increase their engagement and motivation in learning mathematics. Experiments have been conducted on various students' categories to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed gamified mathematics learning method. The experimental results show an outstanding performance in the terms of students' progress improvement compared with others who used traditional learning methodology. Various experiments have been carried out to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed gamified method.
Essam Kosba Using Fuzzy Techniques to Model Students in Web-Based Learning Environments The paper... more Essam Kosba Using Fuzzy Techniques to Model Students in Web-Based Learning Environments The paper illustrates how fuzzy techniques can be used to address problems experienced in widespread computing systems for distance learning. We have developed the TADV (Teacher ADVisor) framework, which builds student, group, and class models based on the tracking information generated by a Web Course Management System (WCMS) and uses these models for generating advice to the course instructors/facilitators. This paper introduces TADV and describes the fuzzy approach used for extracting individual, group and class models.
There has been a growing need for the use of information and decision-making systems in evacuatio... more There has been a growing need for the use of information and decision-making systems in evacuation planning as a part of emergency management in order to reduce as, many losses as possible. To minimize damage, an accurate and effective evacuation plan that gives more than one evacuation path considering the changing road conditions in minimal time is imperative. The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Decision-Support Systems (DSS), and shortest-path algorithms as a solution for this problem is the subject of this chapter. A framework for providing preparedness and response plans after an emergency event occurs is proposed. The plan provided by the proposed framework includes a calculated degree of hazard posed by that event (three emergency models are incorporated), the radius of affected area (a spatial overlay to draw a buffer zone is conducted), identification of all safe destinations, and the best alternative paths for evacuation from inside the buffer zone to safe des...
Many educational organizations use Web Course Management Systems (WCMS) to build distance courses... more Many educational organizations use Web Course Management Systems (WCMS) to build distance courses. In such environments facilitators often face difficulties to monitor and understand the problems of their distant students. TADV (Teacher ADVisor) is a framework that uses the tracking information generated by a WCMS about individual students to build fuzzy student, group, and class models which are used to provide teachers with appropriate advice to help them manage their distance courses. This paper introduces and shortly describes this framework.
An important aspect of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) is their ability to provide individual... more An important aspect of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) is their ability to provide individualized instruction in a manner similar to what offered by a personal human instructor. A student model is described as the information that ITS keeps about an individual student. ITSs should actively support the student’s learning process through tailoring the teaching process carried out to each individual student. The main purpose of a student model is to provide the planning component of an ITS with the information it needs to select a suitable instructional action. Probability Theory Intelligent Tutoring System (PTITS) is an intelligent system for teaching the fundamentals of the probability theory. The PTITS’ approach to building the student model relies on gathering a great deal of information about the student through employment of both overlay and buggy models. An approach to inexact modeling of student ability based on certainty theory and fuzzy sets theory was adopted as a way to...
Essam Kosba Using Student and Group Models to Support Teachers in Web-Based Distance Education Th... more Essam Kosba Using Student and Group Models to Support Teachers in Web-Based Distance Education The paper illustrates how student modeling and advice generation methods can be used to address problems experienced in Web-based distance education courses. We have developed the TADV (Teacher ADVisor) framework which builds student models based on the tracking data collected by a course management system and uses these models to generate advice to the course instructors, so that they can improve their feedback and guidance to distance students. The paper introduces TADV, describes how student, group, and class models are used for generating advice to the teachers, and discusses the viability of this approach based on an evaluative study with users.
There is an increasing demand for distance education to be implemented nowadays by most education... more There is an increasing demand for distance education to be implemented nowadays by most educational organizations. The Internet has become the medium for course delivery, and Web Course Management Systems (WCMS) are widely used to deploy distance courses which need to provide appropriate support to both students and instructors. The instructors play a central role in managing the course, and their success in dealing with reported problems in distance learning, such as students� isolation and disorientation in hyperspace, depends on the understanding the instructors have about what is happening in distance classes. Based on tracking data, most WCMS provide statistical information to help instructors monitor their students. However, there is a lack of automatic features to guide instructors by pointing at important situations and highlighting possible problems. Such features may help instructors, and reduce the workload and communication overhead needed for managing distance classes e...
Essam Kosba Intelligent Examination System to Support Teacher’s Reflection Measurement of Student... more Essam Kosba Intelligent Examination System to Support Teacher’s Reflection Measurement of Students’ Guided Feedback Feedback on student performance is a critical part of E-learning environments. Assessment is one of the most important activities in education to evaluate the knowledge level of a student and to highlight the mistakes and misconceptions especially, in Multiple Choices (MC) Exam which discovers the weak points of lesson in addition to prerequisite lessons. This paper proposes an Intelligent Examination Framework (I-EXAM), which includes two different types of adaptivity: a) Student receives immediate feedback during MC exam, b) Teacher monitors and tracks the students’ attempts and measure the effectiveness of his/her given feedback via a Visual Suggestion Refinement Tool (VSRT) using Data Mining Techniques. This type of analytical and diagnostic visual tool enables teachers to drill down from a high-level overview into the details of student activities, which ultimatel...
Essam Kosba College Students' Performance According to their Gender: Case study on Engineering Gr... more Essam Kosba College Students' Performance According to their Gender: Case study on Engineering Graduates at Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport. Students' performance at college is affected by many factors. Stepwise analysis on Engineering College students showed that gender is one of the most predictor variables for college performance.
Essam Kosba Mining Students' Attempts in Multiple Choices Exams to Understand Students' L... more Essam Kosba Mining Students' Attempts in Multiple Choices Exams to Understand Students' Learning This paper uses an exploratory data mining methodology to analyze students’ learning behavior using students’ interactions during Multiple Choice (MC) online quizzes of computer science students. The core algorithm employs association rules technique to find out the relationships between each pattern of students’ behavior, finding students’ misconceptions that often occur together and measuring the effectiveness of teacher’s given feedback. The paper presents Intelligent Examination System (I-EXAM), which supports teachers in E-learning environments. Experiments were carried out using real data collected from a group of students who used I-EXAM. Using generated rules, teacher can make decisions to modify course contents in order to improve the learning outcomes. Based on the evaluation made by educational experts, the results showed that teacher can understand student’s behavior ...
International Journal of Computer Applications, 2016
This study highlights the importance of using technology in increasing communication and interact... more This study highlights the importance of using technology in increasing communication and interaction between students and teacher as a tool that helps access information through the fastest and latest technological methods. During this paper search a prototype has been developed named (InTeRaCt), and tested with random users, including students and teachers from SQU. The survey result which conducted from some users who tested the prototype was much stimulating, explaining how helpful such tool could support the interactivity between students and teachers, and affecting in positive way in student education process.
Feedback on student performance is a critical part of E-learning environments. Assessment is one ... more Feedback on student performance is a critical part of E-learning environments. Assessment is one of the most important activities in education to evaluate the knowledge level of a student and to highlight the mistakes and misconceptions; especially, in Multiple Choices (MC) Exam which discovers the weak points of lesson in addition to prerequisite lessons. This paper proposes an Intelligent Examination Framework (I-EXAM), which includes two different types of adaptivity: a) Student receives immediate feedback during MC exam, b) Teacher monitors and tracks the students’ attempts and measure the effectiveness of his/her given feedback via a Visual Suggestion Refinement Tool (VSRT) using Data Mining Techniques. This type of analytical and diagnostic visual tool enables teachers to drill down from a high-level overview into the details of student activities, which ultimately allows enhancement of the concept map and the given feedbacks to match students’ needs.
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