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Case study of a computer based examination system

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posted on 2023-05-17, 00:55 authored by Fluck, A, Darren PullenDarren Pullen, Harper, C
Electronic supported assessment or e-Assessment is a field of growing importance, but it has yet to make a significant impact in the Australian higher education sector (Byrnes & Ellis, 2006). Current computer based assessment models focus on the assessment of knowledge rather than deeper understandings, using multiple choice type questions, and blocking access to more sophisticated software tools. This study explored a new system based on a customised version of an open source live CD, based on Ubuntu which was used with three groups of pre-service teachers (N=270). Students had divided opinions about using computers or paper for their examinations, but prior exposure to computer based assessment was a highly significant factor for preferring the computer medium. Reflecting upon their experience, students found the noise of computer keyboards a distraction during the eExamination and preferred fewer on-screen windows. The new system allowed eExaminations to be taken securely on student owned laptop computers and was supervised by invigilators without specialist information technology skills. The system has been made available for other researchers to use at http://www.eExaminations.org/.

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Publication title

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volume

25

Issue

4

Pagination

509-523

ISSN

1449-5554

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Place of publication

Online

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Copyright 2009 Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

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