- Title
- An innovative framework for online examination in a higher education setting : a response to the COVID-19 crisis
- Creator
- Fahd, Kiran; Parvin, Sazia; Venkatraman, Sitalakshmi; Di Serio, Antony; de Souza-Daw, Anthony; Overmars, Anthony; Kaspi, Samuel; Miah, Shah J.
- Relation
- Journal of Institutional Research South East Asia Vol. 19, Issue 2, p. 93-118
- Relation
- http://www.seaairweb.info/journal/articles/
- Publisher
- South East Asia Association for Institutional Research
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Adopting modern methods for delivering teaching has been a great topic area of research in Higher education (HE). With the advancement of information and communication technologies towards accomplishing various contemporary demands such as Industry 4.0, online-based education has been explored to a greater extent, however, they are still limited. More recently, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, online teaching and assessment have become unprecedentedly mandatory in many HE settings. However, with online technologies, there arise new issues and concerns that impact educational quality. In this paper, we focus on the challenges associated with electronic examinations or online exams in HE and the strategies to address them. Using a design-based research approach we design, implement, and evaluate an innovative framework for online exams within a context of an Australian HE mixed-sector. We conduct an exploratory study on the quality of the process flow of the proposed Online Exam for Bachelor of Information Technology (OEBIT) framework. A triangulation of both qualitative data from focus groups and quantitative data from student outcomes provides the validity of data and confirms the completeness of the results. The successful deployment of our generalized framework with a smooth transition from pen-paper-based examination to online exam during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates its real-life application.
- Subject
- online examination; design-based research; dbr; higher education; focus group; moodle; SDG 3; SDG 9; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1479869
- Identifier
- uon:50399
- Identifier
- ISSN:1675-6061
- Language
- eng
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