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Lorraine Bennett; Ali Abusalem – Athens Journal of Education, 2024
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of 2020 disrupted and changed higher education across the world, and into the future. Campuses were shut down, almost overnight. International and State borders were closed and business models that relied heavily on high-paying international students collapsed. University leaders and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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James Pengelley; Peter R. Whipp; Anabela Malpique – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2025
The rising use of technology in classrooms has also brought with it a concomitant wave of computer-based assessments. The argument for computer-based testing is often framed in terms of efficiency and data management: computer-based tests facilitate more efficient processing of test data and the rate at which feedback can be leveraged for student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Paper and Pencil Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation
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Elaine Huber; Lynne Harris; Sue Wright; Amanda White; Corina Raduescu; Sandris Zeivots; Andrew Cram; Andrew Brodzeli – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2024
With the recent and rapid transition to online teaching and learning in higher education, this explanatory study investigated the key design considerations used by business educators designing assessments suitable for online delivery. From a comprehensive literature review, we identified five key design considerations for online assessments: they…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Business Education, Feedback (Response), Student Experience
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Clisby, Nathan; Edwards, Antony – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
In this classroom note, we outline a system of assessment used by the authors since 2020 to deliver individualized summative assessments to students from first- and second-year mathematics courses. Our system comprises three modular components allowing a mix-and-match of different technological approaches and mathematical question types. First is…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, College Students, College Mathematics
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Michael Henderson; Rebecca Awdry; Jennifer Chung; Mike Bryant; Sweta Vijaykumar Patel; Alice Shihua Yu; Matthew Mundy; Kris Ryan; Cliff Ashford – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
Online examinations are an increasingly common feature of higher education. Research in this area often focuses on academic integrity without exploring student experience in online examinations more broadly. With increasing use of online examinations and associated security measures, there is a plausible risk that the platform, examination…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Technology Uses in Education, Influences, Student Evaluation
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Tai, Joanna; Mahoney, Paige; Ajjawi, Rola; Bearman, Margaret; Dargusch, Joanne; Dracup, Mary; Harris, Lois – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2023
As a form of assessment, examinations are designed to determine whether students have met learning outcomes. However, students with disabilities report avoiding examinations, selecting units of study where the assessments align with their strengths. To ensure examinations do not contribute to the systematic exclusion of students with disabilities,…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Student Evaluation, Tests
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Alarcón López, Cristina; Decuypere, Mathias; Dey, Joyeeta; Gorur, Radhika; Hamilton, Mary; Lundahl, Christian; Sundström Sjödin, Elin – European Educational Research Journal, 2021
In this paper, we explore the improvisations made in examination practices in higher education during the pandemic of 2020. Drawing on STS, we start from the theoretical assumption that examinations constitute an obligatory passage point in universities and colleges: a sacred point which students need to pass if they want to gain recognized…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Evaluation, Testing
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Lally, Vic; Sclater, Madeleine; Brown, Ken – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2018
This paper reflects on some of the themes emerging from a consideration of recent research at the nexus of technologies, learning and culture. The authors comment on the expansive nature of the concept of learning spaces in papers featuring an investigation of technology enhanced learning (TEL) and communication design studios in the UK and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Communications, Design
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Fluck, Andrew; Adebayo, Olawale S.; Abdulhamid, Shafi'i M. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2017
Aim/Purpose: Electronic examinations have some inherent problems. Students have expressed negative opinions about electronic examinations (e-examinations) due to a fear of, or unfamiliarity with, the technology of assessment, and a lack of knowledge about the methods of e-examinations. Background: Electronic examinations are now a viable…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Technology Uses in Education
Jones, Anthony – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2016
This paper aims to clarify certain causes of the apparent reluctance of some classroom teachers to assist students to learn through the use computers. The main emphasis will be on primary school teaching, but it will be argued that the same, or similar, issues affect teachers at secondary and tertiary levels. It should be noted that the focus is…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Teacher Attitudes
Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Mullis, Ina V. S., Ed.; Hooper, Martin, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2017
"Methods and Procedures in PIRLS 2016" documents the development of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) assessments and questionnaires and describes the methods used in sampling, translation verification, data collection, database construction, and the construction of the achievement and context questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Grade 4, International Assessment
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Newhouse, C. Paul – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
This paper reports on the outcomes of a three-year study investigating the use of digital technologies to increase the authenticity of high-stakes summative assessment in four Western Australian senior secondary courses. The study involved 82 teachers and 1015 students and a range of digital forms of assessment using computer-based exams, digital…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, High Stakes Tests, Summative Evaluation, Secondary School Students
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Bastiaens, Theo, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2018
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "EdMedia + Innovate Learning: World Conference on Educational Media and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Open Educational Resources, Higher Education
Wagemaker, Paula, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2007
As part of its mission, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) is committed to the development of the community of researchers who work in the area of assessment both nationally and internationally. The association also has a commitment to provide policymakers with the types of data and analyses that will…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Equal Education, Citizenship Education, International Studies
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers