E-assessment: What is it? Why does it matter?

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E-assessmentWhat is it? Why does it matter?

• Tom FranklinFranklin Consulting
• tom_at_franklin-consulting.co.uk

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What is e-assessment

• Assessment undertaken via a computer
• Desktop computer
• Laptop computer
• PDA
• Smartphone
• Formative or summative

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Why use e-assessment?

• Who benefits?
• Student / staff / institution
• Accessibility
• Quality
• Fashion
• Integration with other activities

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What is different about e-assessment?

• Method of writing and answering questions
• Types of questions that can be asked
• Greater visibility and objectivity

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Question types

• Essay
• Short answer
• Multiple choice / multiple response / yes/no
• List / ranking
• Scale
• Hotspot
• Simulation
• Match

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Short answer
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Hotspot
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Multiple choice
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Multiple choice
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Tools

• QuestionMark Perception
• TOIA
• TRIADS
• Within the VLE
• Native VLE tools
• Integration with other tools

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Problems

• Accessibility
• Security
• Performance

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Where are we?

• Replicate current methods
• Enhance current methods
• Transform assessment

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Replicate current methods

• The ability to set questions on line
• The ability to gather the answers more easily
• The ability to anonymise the answers easily
• The ability to have more quizzes

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Enhance current methods

• New question types
• Simulations
• Spreadsheets
• Locating and interpreting information online
• Adaptive assessment
• Automated marking
• Demonstrably fair marking

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Transform assessment

• Assessing in new ways
• Assessing new kinds of thing
• Assessing processes as well as products
• Cf. art and design courses

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Accountability

• Accessibility
• Can automatically be presented in different ways
• Standard marking
• Computer marking
• Plagiarism detection
• Question banks

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Benefits

• Students
• Staff
• Institution
• Course validators
• Employers

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Students

• Better tests
• Quicker / better feedback
• Adaptive tests
• More formative assessment
• Integration with VLE
• Integration with e-portfolio
• Accessibility
• New types of assessment

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Staff

• Use of question banks
• Automated marking
• Reduced workload
• Transparency
• New types of assessment
• Accessibility
• Plagiarism prevention

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Institution

• Transparency
• Better reporting
• Speed
• Reduced staff effort

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Course validators

• Transparency
• Ability to provide question banks
• Often a barrier to change

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Employers

• Transparency of assessment
• Integration with e-portfolio