Integrity of online testing in e-learning: empirical study

Author

Wielicki, Tom

Author_Institution

Craig Sch. of Bus., California State Univ., Fresno

fYear

2006

fDate

13-17 March 2006

Lastpage

210

Abstract

An online upper division undergraduate MIS course has been designed and delivered over consecutive five semesters to a sample of over 200 students. The same course was also delivered in a Web-enhanced version (paperless course with regular classroom lectures). This paper reports on a study, which attempts to answer numerous questions regarding impact of an e-learning format on quality of educational experience. Specifically, in this part of the study we try to find out whether online testing with an open book format is compromising integrity of assessment in e-learning by encouraging cheating among students, and what is the difference in online testing and assessment between students in Web based (fully online) class versus Web enhanced class

Keywords

Internet; educational administrative data processing; educational courses; management information systems; MIS course; Web enhanced class; e-learning; educational experience; management information system; online testing; open book format; Books; Costs; Educational programs; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Monitoring; Paper technology; Security; Software testing; Solids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, 2006. PerCom Workshops 2006. Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2520-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PERCOMW.2006.69

Filename

1598970