article · International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)
Online learning platforms and massive open online courses face ongoing challenges regarding student engagement and retention. Integrating artificial intelligence with gamified assessment offers a potential solution. An automated question generation system, delivered through a custom Moodle plugin, creates contextually relevant and grammatically sound multiple-choice questions directly from course materials. This mechanism converts standard evaluations into interactive, gamified tests that harness the testing effect to support learning. An evaluation conducted with 100 fifth-grade pupils in a school setting demonstrated that these gamified assessments markedly enhanced student motivation and academic performance in comparison to standard testing formats. By providing dynamic and personalised evaluation pathways, such automated tools can foster greater classroom involvement and improve knowledge retention across digital educational settings.
Maintaining student interest and participation in digital learning environments remains difficult. Demonstrating that automated artificial intelligence tools can reliably generate quality quizzes directly from syllabus content helps bridge engagement gaps. This approach allows educators to deliver continuous, personalised evaluations that stimulate motivation and reinforce knowledge retention without requiring continuous manual quiz creation.
The work demonstrates an applied and tested educational software tool, specifically a plugin integrated into the widely used Moodle platform. Primary users include schools, online learning providers, and massive open online course operators seeking to automate quiz design. Because the tool has already been tested in a classroom with primary pupils, it represents an applied solution close to broader deployment, though wider commercial adoption would require scaling beyond primary education settings.
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In this era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) growth, characterized by advances in the Large Language Models (LLMs) used by ChatGPT and Bard, this study examines the effects of gamification and Automatic Question Generation (AQG) on student engagement and learning outcomes in the context of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). AQG, implemented via a Moodle plugin, transforms conventional assessments into an interactive, gamified experience, leveraging the “test effect” to improve learning outcomes. Research with 100 fifth-graders in a primary and secondary school shows that gamified assessments significantly boost student motivation and learning outcomes compared with traditional methods. The custom Moodle plugin facilitates the AQG process, generating contextually relevant and grammatically correct Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) from course content. The result is a dynamic, personalized assessment experience aimed at optimizing student retention. This paper concludes by discussing the implications of the study for educators and highlighting potential directions for future research.
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DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v13i8.40853
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