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January 22, 2008

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Block 2: What is online assessment?

In this section of the module I will look at how assessments have moved online and what the impacts of this transition have been. It is important to distinguish between online assessments of a face-to-face based course and the online assessment of an online course. I think that it is the case that there are currently more online assessments than online courses and hopefully throughout this topic we will begin to understand the reasons and motivations for this. I will also hopefully get time to briefly review a couple of the technologies that make online assessment possible.

Initial readings for this topic:

Bull, J and McKenna, C (2003) Blueprint for Computer Assisted Assessment (chapter 1-2)

John A. Ross & Maura Ross (2005) Student Assessment in Online Courses: Research and Practice, 1993–2004. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education
Vol. 31, No. 2.

Scalise, K. et al. (2006) Assessment for e-Learning: Case studies of an emerging field. 13th International Objective Measurement Workshop.

Ridgway, J. (2004) Literature Review of E-assessment. FutureLab. Available at: http://www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/lit_reviews/Assessm

Further suggestions about what to read or what assessment tools to review are always welcome.

Keywords: computer assisted assessment, e-assessment, IIOA, potential readings

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Comments

  1. I think that an issue here is the act of "computerisation of a conventional assessment procedure, and the extent to which one can assume that the assessment "works the same way" when it is presented to the student via a computer, as opposed to paper, some other more conventional medium.  For example :

    Brosnan, M. (1999). Computer anxiety in students: should computer-based assessment be used at all? Computer-assisted assessment in higher education. S. Brown, P. Race and J. Bull. London, Kogan Page: 47 - 54.

    This is a question that I find interesting, but I know of now research which shows any major problems.

      

    Hamish MacleodHamish Macleod on Friday, 25 January 2008, 08:58 GMT # |

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