who want to get high-quality education while completely avoiding these common
problems. Online private schools are often not limited to the location, the level of
income of visitors or the size of the class, unlike ordinary schools.
E-learning system development at the Kiev Shevchenko University. The
SMPR software system for support the training course “Systems and Methods for
Decision Making”, which is taught at the Cybernetics Department of the Kiev Taras
Shevchenko University for 3-year students majoring in “Computer Science” and
corresponds to training aids [5, 6, 7], is represented in the report.
The software development had been started in 2005-2006, the first version of
SMPR-06 software system, presented at the conference МеL-2006 and published in
[Voloshyn, 2007], was designed as a set of separate software modules implementing
some algorithms for solving decision-making theory (DMT) tasks according to [5, 6].
Software modules (developed by students at laboratory classes) operated
independently, were implemented in different programming languages and had
arbitrary structure and visual interfaces.
Version of SMPR-08 system [7] provided the opportunity of modules interaction
through forming of uniform requirements to their software implementation realized in
programming language C # using platform .NET, development frameworks MS Visual
Studio and technology for team development SVN [8]. More than 50 students had
participated in the development of all SMPR versions. SMPR-08 system can be called
"training-methodological and demonstration-testing" due its functional content. Along
with the demonstration of a specific task solution DMT user could verify the solution
of a task and getting a grade “correct” or “incorrect”.
Student knowledge assessment function is realized in SMPR-10 (represented at
МеL-2010, Kiev, 2010, published in [9]), the system’s interface is enhanced,
particularly in the using of description languages – Ukrainian, Russian, English and
Chinese (individual modules). SMPR-10, as the application for training aid [7], has
been used in a number of higher educational establishments of Ukraine (in particular,
Kiev, Odessa, Uzhgorod, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and others (e.g., [10, 11]) as support
for training courses in decision-making theory, using training aids [5, 6, 7,].
SMPR-12 version, represented in the report, can be considered as the
“commercial” version of the system. Compared to SMPR-10, two main functions was
added to SMPR-12: 1) student’s knowledge assessment on the entire DMT course,
output in “clear” or “fuzzy” form [6]; 2) second function is related to the protection of
the system against unauthorized usage.
The authors have planned to modernize the system in the next SMPR version, by
transferring it to the Internet environment; they are also planning to publish the training
aid in Russian and English (and in the future - in Chinese). Ideally, SMPR software
should be a part of online educational project, which is being developed in the walls of
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