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Chapter 5
Online Automated Essay
Grading System as a Web
Based Learning (WBL) Tool
in Engineering Education
Siddhartha Ghosh
G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science, India
ABStrAct
Automated Essay Grading (AEG) or Scoring (AES) systems are not more a myth they are reality. As on
today, the human written (not hand written) essays are corrected not only by examiners / teachers also
by machines. The TOEFL exam is one of the best examples of this application. The students' essays are
evaluated both by human & web based automated essay grading system. Then the average is taken. Many
researchers consider essays as the most useful tool to assess learning outcomes, implying the ability to
recall, organize and integrate ideas, the ability to supply merely than identify interpretation and applica-
tion of data. Automated Writing Evaluation Systems, also known as Automated Essay Assessors, might
provide precisely the platform we need to explicate many of the features those characterize good and
bad writing and many of the linguistic, cognitive and other skills those underline the human capability
for both reading and writing. They can also provide time-to-time feedback to the writers/students by
using that the people can improve their writing skill. A meticulous research of last couple of years has
helped us to understand the existing systems which are based on AI & Machine Learning techniques,
NLP (Natural Language Processing) techniques and finding the loopholes and at the end to propose a
system, which will work under Indian context, presently for English language influenced by local lan-
guages. Currently most of the essay grading systems is used for grading pure English essays or essays
written in pure European languages. No one in today's world can ignore the use of English in Engineering
education. Better to tell in professional courses. All the Engineering branches or streams are normally
supported with modern English and sometimes known as English-for-Engineers. This write-up focuses
on the existing automated essay grading systems, basic technologies behind them and proposes a new
framework to show that how best these AEG systems can be used for Engineering Education. E-learning
has created the path of alternate education. Whereas the Web-based-learning (WBL) has made the path
much easier. Use of AEG systems in a web based learning environment helps the students to know, use,
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