An intelligent platform with automatic assessment and engagement features for active online discussions

• Main Authors: CHEONG, Michelle L. F., CHEN, Yun-Chen, DAI, Bing Tian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Discussion forum; Natural Language Processing; Student engagement; Databases and Information Systems; Higher Education; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5106; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6109/viewcontent/Cheong2019_IntelligentPlatformAutoAss_Engagement_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In a universitycontext, discussion forums are mostly available in Learning and ManagementSystems (LMS) but are often ineffective in encouraging participation due topoorly designed user interface and the lack of motivating factors toparticipate. Our integrated platform with the Telegram mobile app an...