Abstract
Online assessment is now used commonly in higher education institutions. While this approach to assessment has several advantages over paper-based assessments, its introduction often precipitates concerns from users, in particular, students and academic staff members. This paper traces the development of online assessment and reviews studies published on student and teacher perceptions of online assessment over a 15-year period. Studies suggest that while students’ perceptions are generally found to be positive, academic staff members’ perceptions have been more mixed. Recommendations for future research into teachers’ responses to online assessment tools are made.
Highlights
Educational technologies have evolved over the years to become an integral part of teaching and learning processes in the higher education sector
This form can be subdivided into standalone applications that only require a single computer, applications that work on private computer networks, and those that are designed to be delivered across public networks such as web-based online assessment (Conole & Warburton, 2005)
Most studies on the acceptance of online assessment to date have focused on students, with research on teachers’ acceptance of online assessment being comparatively limited (Chien et al, 2014; Imtiaz & Maarop, 2014)
Summary
Educational technologies have evolved over the years to become an integral part of teaching and learning processes in the higher education sector. With reduced teaching resources and increased student numbers, teachers across all levels of education have needed to do more with less by adopting technology (Donnelly, 2014; Nicol, 2007) This trend has given rise to the rapid growth of online learning and assessment approaches within the higher education sector. It is a technique to sense the presence or absence of marks by recognizing the depth of darkness on an answer sheet, usually filled with a pencil or ballpoint pen (Deng et al, 2008) Electronic portfolio collections, another form of computer-assisted assessment, is the use of a computer to collect scripts or written work (McLoughlin, 2003)
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