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SmartModels - A Framework for Generating On-line Assessment Systems

Authors:
Emanuel Tundrea

Keywords: meta-modeling; SmartModels; SmartFactory; software product lines; on-line learning assessment system.

Abstract:
Globalization has set a strong mark on the way education can be provided. Every knowledge institution provider has to publish and offer his expertise for a wider readership in order to stay on top. One of the prime-time opportunities is to build web-based software solutions in order to support distance learning. There are so many ways to organize a class and professors can imagine so many ways to evaluate students that the complexity of such a software system can be hard to implement and it can hardly foresee future education forms. The Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) project from OMG promotes the use of meta-modeling in order to drive the system’s design and implementation. In this context, this paper presents (i) an approach – it reviews the SmartModels approach briefly introducing its principles, basic entities and main elements when defining a business-model; and (ii) a prototype – SmartFactory, which is based on Eclipse platform and its role is to validate the new approach. It addresses the paradigm of how to practically implement MDA principles and rules for software engineering. Therefore, it deals with important implementation issues based on Eclipse Platform. The examples in this paper target the process of developing e-learning deployment tools for on-line assessment solutions.

Pages: 116 to 122

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: February 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4243

ISBN: 978-1-61208-319-3

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from February 23, 2014 to February 27, 2014