scholarly journals Infrastructure for e-testing

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goce Armenski ◽  
Marjan Gusev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
It Use ◽  
Student Knowledge ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Testing Tool ◽  
New Challenges

The characteristics of the society in which we live, where knowledge and the ways of its use are the most important in everyday life, brings new challenges for higher education. The extensive use of technology in learning and working is forcing its use in the assessment process. A lot of software packages exist in the market to realize automated assessment. In this article we analyze different methods used for testing and present new frontiers, especially in cases where the number of students is very big (several hundreds), and in cases in which students can take exams every month. Using the results from this analysis we have designed and developed a new assessment system. We also give a report of the results from using e-testing tool for assessment of student knowledge, concentrating on the effectiveness of it use for assessment purposes.

scholarly journals Using Electronic Assessment System in Higher Education: Challenges and Solutions for Lectures, Students and Institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 673-678
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Electronic Assessment ◽  
Assessment Systems

Assessment is an important component of education especially in the context of the learning and teaching environment. In higher education, assessment is the heart of formal education. Nowadays, technology plays an important role in the assessment process. Therefore, using technology development has an impact on improving the assessment system. Focus on the using of electronic assessment (e-assessment) systems is increasingly developing at the higher education level. Technological developments have led to a shift in concepts and ways of assessing moving from face-to-face assessment to digital-based assessment, namely an end-to-end assessment process using ICT. E-assessment system is provides many benefits for the effectiveness and efficiency of learning in higher education for lecturers, students and institutions. Many e-assessment models are developed to meet various objectives, especially in the purpose of educational learning. However, there are many challenges in its process and application. This paper aims to provide an example of e-assessment system application, describe challenges in the use of e-assessment systems in higher education based on literature, journals and research results and provide recommendations on how to deal with all of these challenges so that the assessment objectives can be achieved. The method that used is to figure out and describe qualitatively. Overall conclusion is the e-assessment system has become one of the requirements in higher education with many models. There are still many questions for lecturers, students and institutions that pose challenges in the application of e-assessments related to validity and reliability, accuracy, fairness, security, infrastructure and human resources. Based on this fact then the recommendation of these challenges in the successful implementation of e-assessment in higher education are paying attention to the characteristics of e-assessment, designing assessments according the needs, and creating a complete and accessible assessment system for all.

scholarly journals Differences in assessment methods of face-to-face and online learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 01015
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Mamatkulovna Glushkova ◽  
Karine Henrickovna Apresyan ◽  
Daria Aleksandrovna Mironova ◽  
Tatiana Nikolaevna Lyubimova ◽  
Natalya Vladimirovna Chernyishkova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Face To Face Learning

The article is devoted to the study of differences in assessment methods of face-to face and online learning of a foreign language in higher education, in particular, the issue of the effectiveness of the assessment techniques used in different formats. Numerous questions that accompanied foreign language online learning in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years, as well as contradictory reviews about the assessment methods of students’ knowledge were the prerequisites of the study. The experience demonstrated that online learning differs significantly from face-to-face learning in a number of requirements for teachers and students. The aim of the study is to modify traditional methods of students’ knowledge evaluation and assessment in the form of credits or examinations towards greater independence and objectivity and achieve the autonomy of the assessment process. We carried a survey of students’ opinions on the effectiveness of the forms of assessment adopted at the higher education. Based on the survey results, recommendations are made for improving methods of students’ knowledge assessment system with respect to the educational format. The conclusions made on the basis of data analysis provide a number of changes in the methods of online assessment both in the educational process at higher education and in staff training programs.

scholarly journals Limites do Sinaes na perspectiva de gestores da educação superior

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (74) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Ademilson Vedovato Cavalcanti ◽  
Érika Porceli Alaniz ◽  
Maria Eliza Nogueira Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Education Assessment ◽  
External Assessment ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
El Sistema

<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">O objetivo do artigo é analisar a influência da avaliação externa – parte integrante do atual Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior – realizada in loco em duas instituições de ensino superior, uma pública e uma privada, situadas no estado do Paraná. Trata-se de uma pesquisa empírica, cujos dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas com diretores institucionais e coordenadores de cursos de graduação. A análise nos permitiu verificar alguns limites do atual sistema de avaliação relacionados: ao desconhecimento dos pressupostos da avaliação pelos sujeitos participantes; ao tempo destinado ao processo avaliativo; ao método de escolha dos avaliadores em cada etapa; à ausência de políticas amparadas nos dados gerados pelo sistema; e à conversão, cada vez mais explícita, da avaliação em mecanismo de controle das práticas institucionais, que impossibilitam a autonomia dos sujeitos que atuam na educação superior.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Palavras-chave</strong>: <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Avaliação da Educação, Ensino Superior, Sinaes, Avaliação Institucional.<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Límites del sinaes desde la perspectiva de gestores de la educación superior</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">El objetivo del artículo es el de analizar la influencia de la evaluación externa – parte integrante del actual Sistema Nacional de Evaluación de la Educación Superior – realizada in loco en dos instituciones de educación superior, una pública y otra privada, situadas en el estado de Paraná. Se trata de una investigación empírica, cuyos datos se recogieron por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas con directores institucionales y coordinadores de cursos de graduación. El análisis nos permitió verificar algunos limites del actual sistema de evaluación relacionados al desconocimiento de las presuposiciones de la evaluación por los sujetos participantes; al tiempo destinado al proceso evaluativo; al método de elección de los evaluadores en cada etapa; a la ausencia de políticas amparadas en los datos generados por el sistema; y a la conversión, cada vez más explícita, de la evaluación en mecanismo de control de las prácticas institucionales, que imposibilitan la autonomía de los sujetos que actúan en la educación superior.  </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Palabras clave</strong>: Evaluación de la Educación, Educación Superior, Sinaes, Evaluación Institucional </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Limits of the sinaes on the perspective of higher education managers</strong>  </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The aim of the present article is to analyze the influence of external assessment, an essential part of the current Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Superior [National System of Evaluation in Higher Education]. It was conducted in loco in two institutions of higher education, one public and one private, in the state of Paraná. It is an empirical study, and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with institutional directors and coordinators of graduate programs. The analysis permitted the authors to verify some limits of the current assessment system, related to: the participating subjects’ lack of knowledge of the assessment assumptions; the time allocated to the assessment process; the method of choice of evaluators at each stage; the lack of policies based on data generated by the system; and, the increasingly explicit conversion of assessment into a control mechanism of institutional practices, which makes the autonomy of the subjects, who work in higher education, impossible. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Keywords</strong>: Education Assessment, Higher Education, Sinaes, Institutional Evaluation</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p>

The Use of Technology Assessment by Hospitals, Health Maintenance Organizations, and Third-Party Payers in the United States

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan R. Luce ◽  
Ruth E. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Technology Assessment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Maintenance Organizations ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Health Maintenance ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Controversial Technologies ◽  
Third Party Payers

AbstractA case study design was used to determine the reliance on technology assessment of decisionmakers in hospitals, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and third-party payers. Thirty different organizations were contacted and semistructured interviews conducted. The study found that hospitals, HMOs, and insurers are conducting technology assessments, but the form and sophistication of these analyses range widely. Hospitals are particularly focused on traditional financial analyses (“prudent purchasing”) with the exception of pharmacy committees, which generally conduct more sophisticated socio-economic analyses. HMOs and insurers conduct outcome assessments for coverage of expensive or controversial technologies but exclude economics. Technology assessment will become increasingly important in resource allocation decision making and it is in the interest of technology providers to foster better information, a more comprehensive assessment process, and a more efficient assessment system.

Thriving in Academia: Understanding and Managing the Complexities of Faculty Work

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketevan Mamiseishvili
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Faculty Work ◽  
College And University ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
University Settings

In this paper, I will illustrate the changing nature and complexity of faculty employment in college and university settings. I will use existing higher education research to describe changes in faculty demographics, the escalating demands placed on faculty in the work setting, and challenges that confront professors seeking tenure or administrative advancement. Boyer’s (1990) framework for bringing traditionally marginalized and neglected functions of teaching, service, and community engagement into scholarship is examined as a model for balancing not only teaching, research, and service, but also work with everyday life.

Docencia en contextos de educación superior: la contribución de “The scholarship of teaching” para el fortalecimiento de la enseñanza llevada a cabo por profesores universitarios

2015 ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Helena Montenegro Maggio
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

ResumenLa investigación de la docencia universitaria ha sido un campo ampliamente explorado en los países anglosajones pero escasamente abordado y debatido en nuestro país. El presente artículo tiene como propósito contribuir en el debate del fortalecimiento de la docencia universitaria chilena a través de la propuesta de “Scholarship of Teaching” desarrollada porBoyer (1990), lo cual implica nuevos desafíos para las instituciones de Educación Superiory los actores que forman parte de ella.Palabras clave: Docencia Universitaria - profesor universitario - scholarship of teaching- indagación reflexiva. Teaching in higher education contexts: the contribution of "the scholarship of teaching" to strengthen the teaching conducted by university professorsAbstractResearch on university teaching, an extensively explored field of study in Anglo-Saxons’countries, has been hardly examined and debated in Chile. By using Boyer’s “Scholarshipof Teaching”, the aim of this paper is to make a contribution on discussions on how to strengthen Chilean university teaching, which entails new challenges for higher education institutions as well as players that take part on it.Keywords: University teaching - university teacher - scholarship of teaching - practitionerinquiry.

Desafíos del sistema de educación superior en Ecuador para la era de la complejidad

2016 ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Martha Concepción Macías ◽  
Francisco Mendoza Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Law ◽  
Different Levels

RESUMENLa universidad ecuatoriana, en los últimos seis años, a partir de la aprobación en el año 2010 de la Ley Orgánica de Educación Superior, ha sido expuesta a nuevos retos y desafíos que comprometen a cada uno de los tejidos institucionales participantes en su gestión. Este artículo analiza siete de esos retos en el marco de la ley, de la reflexión epistemológica y las metas que se le plantean como sistema sustancial en el cambio de la matriz cognitiva, productiva y de servicio del país. Los resultados son reflexiones propias de actores del sistema educativo superior que se desenvuelven en diferentes planos de intervención, quienes proponen acciones inmediatas y mediatas para alcanzar una Universidad adaptable a la Era de la Complejidad.Palabras clave: Sistema de Educación Superior, Era de la Complejidad, Ley Orgánica de Educación Superior. Challenges of Higher Education System in Ecuador for the Age of ComplexityABSTRACTIn the last six years since the adoption of the Law on Higher Education in 2010, the Ecuadorian university has been exposed to new challenges compromising every institution participating in its management. This article analyzes seven of those challenges within the Law framework, the epistemological reflection and the goals presented as substantial in changing the cognitive, productive and service matrix in the country. The results are reflections by actors in the higher education system working at different levels of intervention, who propose immediate and mediate actions to achieve a University adaptive to the Age of Complexity.Keywords: Higher education system, age of complexity, Law of Higher Education.

Web-Based Peer and Self-Assessment System Design and Development for Elementary School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet EMIN KORTAK
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
User Friendly

This research aimed at designing and improving the web-based integrated peer and self- assessment. WesPASS (web-based peer-assessment system), developed in this research, allows students to assess their own or their peers’ performance and project assignments and to report about the result of these assessments so that they correct their assignments. This study employed design-based research. The participants included 102 fourth grade primary school students and their 4 teachers from 2 state and 2 private primary schools in Ankara, Kecioren (Turkey) who employed the system and were engaged in a questionnaire survey to assess its quality. The findings were analyzed through quantitative data analysis. The findings revealed that the system can be used by elementary school students for peer and self-assessment system. The participants stated that WesPASS is simple and user-friendly, and it accelerates the assessment process by employing information technology and allows to share opinions 

Using Accountability to Improve Student Learning in Higher Education Music Programs

2019 ◽  
pp. 745-765
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Ward
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Curricular Development ◽  
Accreditation Standards ◽  
Improve Student Learning

Educational accountability has become an increasingly influential factor in higher education. This chapter examines various government oversight and accreditation standards in Central and South America, Europe, and the United States and how student learning in higher education in music can be improved through meeting these standards. The author specifically describes music accreditation procedures of the National Association of Schools of Music and the American Music Therapy Association in the United States. Using accreditation standards as a guideline for program improvement, the author offers a variety of assessment best practices to engage higher education faculty in the assessment process, to improve instruction, to guide curricular development, and to ultimately improve student learning.

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