Electronic exams offer benefits such as ease of marking, reduced need to read illegible handwriting, as well as saving time.

Emerging models

Challenges

Many innovations face reactionary challenges in the social, political and technical spheres. Objections focus on the unreliability of computer equipment or the potential for cheating. Some 'hacks' against eExams use cooling of the computer RAM to 0 degrees Celsius, when the contents can be preserved for about 45 seconds.[10] This is irrelevant if the exam question paper is published after the assessment and open source software is used (since the material is put in the public domain anyway).[11] These criticisms have been answered by a risk tree comparison with paper-based examinations, finding the typing and handwriting in examinations are similarly secure.[12]

The challenges of e-exams are: usability issues during the exam, increased stress level due to unfamiliarity with e-exam systems and inadequate functionality.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to Electronic Examinations". EExams.org. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. ^ Lane, Bernard (18 November 2009). "Laptops pass the big exam". The Australian. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ^ Geeves, Phil (19 April 2011). "ITS315108 exam arrangements in 2011". Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards & Certification. Tasmanian Government. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Transforming Exams - A scalable examination platform for BYOD invigilated assessment". www.transformingexams.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  5. ^ a b Wibowo, Santoso; Grandhi, Srimannarayana; Chugh, Ritesh; Sawir, Erlenawati (September 2016). "A Pilot Study of an Electronic Exam System at an Australian University". Journal of Educational Technology Systems. 45 (1): 5–33. doi:10.1177/0047239516646746. ISSN 0047-2395. S2CID 64430855.
  6. ^ "Digabi – timetable" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  7. ^ "digabi/digabi-os". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  8. ^ Alfredsson, Frey (2014). "Bring-Your-Own-Device Exam system for campuses". Nordunet 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. ^ Frankl, Gabriele; Schartner, Peter; Zebedin, Gerald (2011-10-19). "The "Secure Exam Environment" for Online Testing at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt / Austria Why Online-Testing?". ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ Gruhn, M.; Müller, T. (2013-09-01). "On the Practicability of Cold Boot Attacks". 2013 International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. pp. 390–397. doi:10.1109/ARES.2013.52. ISBN 978-0-7695-5008-4. S2CID 206508798.
  11. ^ Dawson, Phillip (2016-07-01). "Five Ways to Hack and Cheat with Bring-Your-Own-Device Electronic Examinations". British Journal of Educational Technology. 47 (4): 592–600. doi:10.1111/bjet.12246. ISSN 1467-8535.
  12. ^ Sindre, Guttorm; Vegendla, Aparna (2015-12-15). "E-exams versus paper exams: A comparative analysis of cheating-related security threats and countermeasures". Norsk Informasjonssikkerhetskonferanse (NISK). 8 (1): 34–45. ISSN 1894-7735.

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