TY - CONF
T1 - Towards authentic e-Exams at scale
T2 - 35th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2018
AU - Hillier, Mathew
AU - Grant, Scott
AU - Coleman, Martin
N1 - Funding Information:
The Australian Government Department of Education and Training for financial support. Special thanks to Tim Hunt, Open University UK and Daniel Schneider, ETH Zurich for their technical advice.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. The Australian Government Department of Education and Training for financial support. Special thanks to Tim Hunt, Open University UK and Daniel Schneider, ETH Zurich for their technical advice.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 ASCILITE 2018 - Conference Proceedings - 35th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education: Open Oceans: Learning Without Borders
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this paper we present the design and user evaluation of a resilient online e-Exam platform that is capable of working without a network for most of the exam session, including the conclusion of an exam, without loss of data. We draw upon the education and technology acceptance literature as a basis for evaluation. The technology approach takes advantage of the Moodle learning management system quiz module as a means to provide an electronic workflow for assessments and builds on a range of open source components to construct the robust solution. The approach also enables rich, constructed assessment tasks by providing authentic ‘e-tools of the trade’ software applications and a consistent operating system on each student’s BYO laptop. The robust Moodle exam deployment was trialled in two undergraduate units (subjects) at an Australian university. Students undertook a sequence of practice, mid-term and a final examination using the platform. Additional software and audio files were utilised as part of the exams. Student feedback on their experience was collected using pre and post surveys covering a range of issues related to technology acceptance.
AB - In this paper we present the design and user evaluation of a resilient online e-Exam platform that is capable of working without a network for most of the exam session, including the conclusion of an exam, without loss of data. We draw upon the education and technology acceptance literature as a basis for evaluation. The technology approach takes advantage of the Moodle learning management system quiz module as a means to provide an electronic workflow for assessments and builds on a range of open source components to construct the robust solution. The approach also enables rich, constructed assessment tasks by providing authentic ‘e-tools of the trade’ software applications and a consistent operating system on each student’s BYO laptop. The robust Moodle exam deployment was trialled in two undergraduate units (subjects) at an Australian university. Students undertook a sequence of practice, mid-term and a final examination using the platform. Additional software and audio files were utilised as part of the exams. Student feedback on their experience was collected using pre and post surveys covering a range of issues related to technology acceptance.
KW - Authentic assessment
KW - E-Exams
KW - Networking
KW - Offline
KW - Resilience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85069002849&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Paper
AN - SCOPUS:85069002849
SP - 131
EP - 141
Y2 - 25 November 2018 through 28 November 2018
ER -