E-assessment

E-assessment is a valuable tool in Higher Education for many reasons. It has huge potential benefits for students in terms of learning and retention of material as well as increasing their engagement with their chosen topic. E-assessment offers many advantages over traditional pen and paper exams.

When e-assessment is at its best students receive instant and individual feedback on their work allowing them to form an accurate picture of their progress through the relevant module and to build their confidence. The use of e-assessment makes it much more realistic for students to get this timely and appropriate feedback.This feedback given can also be further enhanced by technology as it may contain links to interactive material, further reading, videos etc. so that students can be directed to engage in self-directed learning tailored for their particular difficulties.

E- assessment can

• Supply immediate and focused feedback on students' work

• Allow students more than one attempt at an answer

• Present questions in a predetermined or random order

• Be used for diagnostic, formative or summative assessment

• Guide students to further reading or resources if they are having difficulty 

• Increase students' digital literacy

• Record highly detailed student learning analytics and present them to the lecturer in real time.