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Micro-Lectures
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- These micro-lectures highlight the experiences and perceptions of Higher Education academics in The UK and different African countries with regards to e-assessments, they include;
  
  Shared experiences of e-assessment in different contexts
  
  What works, what doesn’t and why
  
  Opportunities of the applicability of some solutions in the HE in Africa
  
  The resources cover 6 main topics:
  
  Students
  
  Academics in HE
  
  Integrity and malpractice
  
  Technology and e-assessments
  
  Showcases in the African context
  
  Design of e-assessment
- Students and E-assessments Subpage
- Academics and E-assessments Subpage
- Integrity and Malpractice Subpage
- Technology and E-assessments Subpage
- African Context Subpage
- Design of e-assessments Subpage
Reading Resources
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This section contains some downloadable reading resources about e-assessments from different angles. such as technological (proctoring tool) and pedagogical (students'' confidence) .
- Resource 1: Computer-marked assessment: friend or foe? (1.4 MB)
  Resource 1 description
  This resource highlights:
  Potential advantages and disadvantages of computer-marked assessment
  Ways in which we can improve our practice by
  ➢better assignment design
  ➢the use of a variety of question types
  ➢writing better questions
  ➢the use of an iterative design process
  Limitations of computer-marked assessment and possibilities for the future
  Jordan. S. (2014) Computer-marked assessment: friend or foe?, Dé Onderwijsdagen, Pre-conferentie Digitaal toetsen, 10 November 2014.
- Resource 2: eAssessment Platform as a Veritable Tool for Administering Multiple Population Candidate Tests: NOUN Technological Option (305.8 KB)
  Resource 2 description
  e-Assessment as a technology tool in examination testing is a field of growing importance globally in this 21st Century and it is very new in Nigeria. This paper discusses the relevance and efficacies of e-Assessment in the position of distance education in Nigeria. It uses the perception of students about e-examination vis-a-vis required computer literacy level and the experiences of academic tutors to describe the efficacies of the eAssessment platform in relation to the testing of the university’s multiple population learners as a fully fledged open and distance learning institution. Three research questions were formulated for the study while survey research design was adopted. Instrument used were both designed questionnaire and structured interview. Personally designed questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.72 was used to obtain data regarding NOUN adopted e-assessment platform and previous computer experience from the student respondents while direct interview was used to gather responses from academic tutors. The gathered data were analyzed with the use of descriptive statistics. The results indicate that technology has high prospects and acceptance as means of assessing learning outcomes of learners though there are some problems militating against its successful utilization. The paper offers general suggestions towards improvement and future development of e[1]examination.
  Ojo. O.D (2013). eAssessment Platform as a Veritable Tool for Administering Multiple Population Candidate Tests: NOUN Technological Option. Paper Published in the Conference proceedings of the International Conference of International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) at Israel.
- Resource 3: Electronic Examination (502.7 KB)
  Resource 3 description
  This resource highlights issues with electronic examinations from the developers' perspectives including cryptographies and marking
  Hitham Hidar (2021) Electronic Examination,Open University of Sudan (OUS)
- Resource 4: Student agency and confidence in assessment (1.4 MB)
  Resource 4 description
  This resource focuses on the student's position in e-assessments with regards to the agency and competence. Also, the resource showcases sine examples in marking e-assessment and its rubric.
  Simon McCallum. (2021) Student agency and confidence in assessment, Transforming Assessments Webinar Series, e-assessmet SIG
- Resource 5: Preparing For A Second Wave And Keeping Assessments Relevant (327.4 KB)   (327.4 KB)
  Resource 5 description
  This white paper outlines the challenges faced in preparing for a second year of minimal social contact, recognizing the steps that many institutions are making in preparing for the more systematic delivery of remote learning. It demonstrates how enterprise-grade assessment technology can help solve many of the immediate challenges. But it also explores longer-term challenges in the sector and how adopting the latest education technology can help provide students with a world-class learning experience
  Questionmark Corporation (Questionmark) (2020) Preparing for a second wave and keeping assessments relevant
- Resource 6: Academic Integrity - Remote Proctoring Survey Analysis
  Resource 6 description
  The COVID-19 disruptions of 2020 led to significant changes to assessment approaches in the higher education sector. Onsite, invigilated, closed-book examinations were often impossible and largely replaced by online open-book assessments in offsite locations, typically in the students' own homes. Taken together with the considerable stress students are under, this shift led to a perception among a small number of professional, statutory and regulatory bodies (PSRBs) that the risk of academic misconduct had increased.
Inforgraphic & Mindmap
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This section contains visual outputs from the project, it focuses on two main outcomes:

(1) Tricky Topics workshop where colleagues from 7 countries including the UK have engaged in a collaborative workshop to brainstorm and discuss challenges, opportunities and proposed solutions around e-assessments in HE in Africa.

(2) One of the main activities in the project are the producing micro-lectures by academics in Africa and The UK. In the attached downloadable infographic, a list of the main emerging themes from these micro-lectures and guidelines have been listed.
- 1. Infographic outlines the outcomes of the project " E-assessments in Higher Education in Africa" 906.4 KB
- 2. Tricky Topics workshop mindmap and outputs  (1.4 MB)

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Resource 1: Computer-marked assessment: friend or foe? (1.4 MB)

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Resource 2: eAssessment Platform as a Veritable Tool for Administering Multiple Population Candidate Tests: NOUN Technological Option (305.8 KB)

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Resource 3: Electronic Examination (502.7 KB)

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Resource 4: Student agency and confidence in assessment (1.4 MB)

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Resource 5: Preparing For A Second Wave And Keeping Assessments Relevant (327.4 KB)   (327.4 KB)

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Resource 6: Academic Integrity - Remote Proctoring Survey Analysis

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Resource 1: Computer-marked assessment: friend or foe? (1.4 MB)

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Resource 2:&nbsp;eAssessment Platform as a Veritable Tool for Administering Multiple Population Candidate Tests: NOUN Technological Option (305.8 KB)

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Resource 3:&nbsp;Electronic Examination (502.7 KB)

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Resource 4:&nbsp;Student agency and confidence in assessment (1.4 MB)

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Resource 5:&nbsp;Preparing For A Second Wave And Keeping Assessments Relevant (327.4 KB) &nbsp; (327.4 KB)

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Resource 6: Academic Integrity - Remote Proctoring Survey Analysis

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Resource 2: eAssessment Platform as a Veritable Tool for Administering Multiple Population Candidate Tests: NOUN Technological Option (305.8 KB)

Resource 3: Electronic Examination (502.7 KB)

Resource 4: Student agency and confidence in assessment (1.4 MB)

Resource 5: Preparing For A Second Wave And Keeping Assessments Relevant (327.4 KB) (327.4 KB)