Digital exam tools and supporting information

We supported the open source project Safe Exam Browser as principal members of the former SEB Consortium for 5 years (2015 to 2020) to jump start and ensure the continuing development of the Safe Exam Browser and respective support of SEB users.

The Safe Exam Browser is a web browser environment to carry out e-assessments safely.

Since January 2021, the former SEB Consortium has turned into an alliance (SEB Alliance) and is now managed by the ETH Zurich entirely.

What is more, we do have a very active Special Interest Group for e-Assessment, which organises 2 to 3 workshops a year for e-assessment experts at Swiss Higher Education Institutions. The expert knowledge and inter-institutional collaboration within this SIG proved to be of immense value to the whole academic community in Switzerland - especially during the COVID-19 crisis, where all lectures and exams were held to be online.

• Safe Exam Browser: https://safeexambrowser.org/about_overview_en.html
• SEB Alliance: https://safeexambrowser.org/alliance/members.html
• SIG e-Assessment: https://www.eduhub.ch/community/Special-Interest-Groups/sig-e-assessment/

FAQ (also in Dutch): https://communities.surf.nl/artikel/faq-toetsen-en-beoordelen-op-afstand.

Overview of tools on our website: https://www.surf.nl/tools-voor-online-onderwijs/overzicht-tools-voor-online-onderwijs.

• https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/asian-universities-face-online-assessment-hurdles-virus-crisis?utm_source=THE+Website+Users&utm_campaign=439c36cbe3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_31_02_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_daa7e51487-439c36cbe3-61640709.
• http://cei.ust.hk/migrating-whole-university-online-real-time-interactive-teaching

An overview of best practices documents from the our work on digital assessment in Norway. This work were done in 2015-2016 while we where piloting solutions for digital assessment. 

Three framework agreements signed in 2016
• UNIwise Aps (WISEflow)
• Inspera AS (Inspera Assessment)
• Enovate AS (Flexite!)
• Qpercom (Observe, OSCE, separate agreement from 2019)

https://www.unit.no/sites/default/files/media/filer/2019/08/BPD-digital-assessment.pdf

Transforming assessment and feedback guide - https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/transforming-assessment-and-feedback ( a bit clunky in design but lots of good things in there including links to case studies.
 Case studies involving e-portfolios for employability and assessment: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/e-portfolios
 Case studies on assessment in FE: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/enhancing-assessment-and-feedback-with-technology


We also have a quick guide. And these 4 briefing papers which came just before the guides above but are useful summaries of these themes and link to case studies: 


 
 

 
Changing assessment and feedback practice with the help of technology 
 Electronic Management of Assessment (see below)
 Enhancing student employability through technology supported assessment and feedback
 Feedback and feed forward: using technology to support learner longitudinal development

From Esther Wilkinson (Jisc) to Everyone: (02:27 PM)

http://www.damiantgordon.com/Guide.pdf
https://sally-brown.net/2020/03/13/assessment-alternatives-at-a-time-of-university-closures/


Changing assessment and feedback practice with the help of technology 
 Electronic Management of Assessment (see below)
 Enhancing student employability through technology supported assessment and feedback
 Feedback and feed forward: using technology to support learner longitudinal development
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