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Usener, Claus A.; Majchrzak, Tim A.; Kuchen, Herbert – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: To overcome the high manual effort of assessments for teaching personnel, e-assessment systems are used to assess students using information systems (IS). The purpose of this paper is to propose an extension of EASy, a system for e-assessment of exercises that require higher-order cognitive skills. The latest module allows assessing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing
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Su, C. Y.; Wang, T. I. – Computers & Education, 2010
The rapid advance of information and communication technologies (ICT) has important impacts on teaching and learning, as well as on the educational assessment. Teachers may create assessments utilizing some developed assessment software or test authoring tools. However, problems could occur, such as neglecting key concepts in the curriculum or…
Descriptors: Test Items, Educational Assessment, Course Content, Foreign Countries
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Huang, Yueh-Min; Lin, Yen-Ting; Cheng, Shu-Chen – Computers & Education, 2009
With the rapid growth of computer and mobile technology, it is a challenge to integrate computer based test (CBT) with mobile learning (m-learning) especially for formative assessment and self-assessment. In terms of self-assessment, computer adaptive test (CAT) is a proper way to enable students to evaluate themselves. In CAT, students are…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Test Items, Formative Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Piotrowski, Michael – Online Submission, 2009
This dissertation questions the common assumption that e-learning requires a "learning management system" (LMS) such as Moodle or Blackboard. Based on an analysis of the current state of the art in LMSs, we come to the conclusion that the functionality of conventional e-learning platforms consists of basic content management and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Internet, Integrated Learning Systems
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Johnson-Leslie, Natalie A. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2009
In teacher education, electronic portfolios provide an authentic form of assessment documenting students' personal and professional growth. Using the engineered-based system, College LiveText, and an off-the-shelf general tool, HyperStudio, pre-service teachers constructed e-portfolios as part of their teacher preparation requirements. This case…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Portfolios (Background Materials), Preservice Teachers
Benton, Morgan C. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This dissertation sought to answer the question: Is it possible to build a software tool that will allow teachers to write better multiple-choice questions? The thesis proceeded from the finding that the quality of teaching is very influential in the amount that students learn. A basic premise of this research, then, is that improving teachers…
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, Multiple Choice Tests
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Debuse, J.; Lawley, M.; Shibl, R. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
Providing detailed, constructive and helpful feedback is an important contribution to effective student learning. Quality assurance is also required to ensure consistency across all students and reduce error rates. However, with increasing workloads and student numbers these goals are becoming more difficult to achieve. An automated feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Assignments, Quality Control, Student Attitudes
Anandam, Kamala – 1994
In January 1990, project SYNERGY was launched by 19 two-year colleges and 3 four-year colleges coordinated by Miami-Dade Community College, in Florida, with support from IBM and Title III funds. The project was designed to review and compile lists of useful instructional software for basic skill remediation and develop an integrated, adaptive,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development