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Walker, Richard; Handley, Zoe – Research in Learning Technology, 2016
The issues influencing student engagement with high-stakes computer-based exams were investigated, drawing on feedback from two cohorts of international MA Education students encountering this assessment method for the first time. Qualitative data from surveys and focus groups on the students' examination experience were analysed, leading to the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Learner Engagement, Computer Assisted Testing, High Stakes Tests
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Purvis, Alison J.; Aspden, Liz J.; Bannister, Philip W.; Helm, Paul A. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2011
A level 6 module was developed in order to implement innovative assessment strategies and encourage higher level learning. The module tutor (one of this paper's authors) was seconded from teaching duties (40%) to the University's academic development unit to work on the module transformation. The rationale for the redesign of the assessment…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Information Technology, Tutors
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Boyle, Andrew; Hutchison, Dougal – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This article asserts the importance of e-assessment. It further suggests that assessment questions and tasks will change substantially as the art of e-assessment progresses. The article then exemplifies sophisticated e-assessment tasks, notes taxonomic schemes that have attempted to classify them and seeks to identify aspects of their definition.…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Classification, Computer Assisted Testing
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Sieber, Vivien – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
Attitude, experience and competence (broadly covered by the European Computer Driving Licence syllabus) in information technology (IT) were assessed in 846 1st-year Medical Sciences Division undergraduates (2003-06) at the start of their first term. Online assessments delivered during induction workshops were presented as an opportunity for…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Information Technology, Computer Literacy, Skills
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McCormick, Robert – Curriculum Journal, 2004
The role of pupil assessment in ICT is often seen by teachers as problematic. This article will explore the relationship of the two and will argue that research in assessment has not kept up with the opportunities offered by ICT. Conversely, some of the new developments in "assessment for learning" have not yet found their way into ICT.…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Computer Assisted Testing, Information Technology
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Hunt, Nicoll; Hughes, Janet; Rowe, Glenn – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2002
Describes the development of a tool, FACT (Formative Automated Computer Testing), to formatively assess information technology skills of college students in the United Kingdom. Topics include word processing competency; tests designed by tutors and delivered via a network; and results of an evaluation that showed students preferred automated…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Networks, Evaluation Methods
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McAlpine, Mhairi – E-Learning, 2005
As awarding bodies modernise their procedures and incorporate elements of e-assessment into their qualifications, e-portfolios are emerging as a popular method of allowing candidates to display their abilities. All major United Kingdom awarding bodies now accept evidence from e-portfolio products for at least some of their qualifications. Although…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Foreign Countries, Student Certification, Portfolio Assessment
Hobbs, D. J.; Taylor, R. J. – 1996
This paper describes a project which created a set of World Wide Web (WWW) pages documenting the state of the art in educational multimedia design; a prototype WWW-based multimedia teaching tool--a podiatry test using HTML forms, 24-bit color images and MPEG video--was also designed, developed, and evaluated. The project was conducted between…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction
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