Bill Warburton

University of Southampton · Southampton Education School

A case study is presented of VU University Amsterdam where a dedicated large-scale CAA examination facility was established. In the facility, 385 students can take an exam concurrently. The case study describes the change factors and processes leading up to the decision by the institution to establish the facility, the start-up of the facility, the...

The Preface for the first special issue for the International Journal of e-Assessment highlights the role of the assessment for learning agenda. It also points to papers within the special issue which relate to: (a) Overcoming the barriers to supporting student learning with computer-assisted assessment; (b) Marking and computer-assisted assessmen...

Formative eAssessment can be very helpful in providing high quality higher education assignments. When a university is encouraging the uptake of formative eAssessment internally it is useful to have case studies from academic schools detailing how academics enthusiastic about formative eAssessment have used it in their modules with the assistance o...

Formative eAssessment can be very helpful in providing high quality higher education assignments. However, there are obstacles restricting the uptake of formative eAssessment in higher education including both cultural and technical issues. When a university is encouraging the uptake of formative eAssessment internally it is useful to have case stu...

Formative eAssessment can be very helpful in providing high quality higher education assignments. However, there are obstacles restricting the uptake of formative eAssessment in higher education including both cultural and technical issues. When a university is encouraging the uptake of formative eAssessment internally it is useful to have case stu...

The uptake of CAA in UK higher education (HE) on a large scale lags behind the expectations of CAA specialists. A research project was undertaken with the aim of discovering and addressing the underlying reasons for this. The research was conducted according to Strauss and Corbin’s (199816. Strauss , A. and Corbin , J. 1998. Basics of qualitative...

Commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in 2008, the ‘Report on Summative e-Assessment Quality (REAQ)’ project surveyed quality assurance (QA) activities commonly undertaken in summative e-assessment by UK Higher Education (HE) practitioners and others. The project focused on what denotes high quality in summative e-assessmen...

A university‐wide project team of academic and administrative staff worked together to prepare, deliver and evaluate a number of diagnostic, formative and summative computer‐based assessments. The team also attempted to assess the University of Southampton's readiness to deliver computer‐assisted assessment (CAA) within the Code of practice for the...

Pressure for better measurement of stated learning outcomes has resulted in a demand for more frequent assessment. The resources available are seen to be static or dwindling, but Information and Communications Technology is seen to increase productivity by automating assessment tasks. This paper reviews computer-assisted assessment (CAA) and sugges...

Pressure for better measurement of the extent to which stated learning outcomes are achieved by students has resulted in a demand for more frequent assessment to maintain the quality of learning. The resources available for this are seen to be static or dwindling, so there is scope for the use of information and communications technology to increas...

As the introduction of a computer-assisted assessment (CAA) is inherently risky, it is perhaps surprising to see how little coverage formalised risk management gains in the CAA literature. By defining the introduction of CAA as a project, this paper draws on the established project risk management literature. A cross-case analysis of six CAA applic...

Assessment is a sensitive issue, and converting traditional methods of assessment to Computer-Assisted Assessment (CAA) is acknowledged to be a risky activity (Harwood & Warburton 2004; Zakrzewski & Steven 2000). As students become more litigious (Baty 2004; QAA 1998) and competitive pressures increase Universities cannot afford mistakes when imple...

Assessment is a sensitive issue, and converting traditional methods of assessment to Computer-Assisted Assessment (CAA) is acknowledged to be a risky activity (Harwood & Warburton 2004; Zakrzewski & Steven 2000). As students become more litigious (Baty 2004; QAA 1998) and competitive pressures increase Universities cannot afford mistakes when imple...

A perusal of the literature on Computer-aided Assessment (CAA) yields a rich crop of case studies and 'should-do's. This paper gathers together the key findings and common themes found in a search of recent papers published on CAA implementation, including some projects under the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP) and the Fund for th...

Some of the most significant obstacles to the uptake of eAssessment for summative and credit-bearing applications are threats to the integrity of invigilated examination related to a lack of robustness in procedures and computer systems. Many of these risks, once known, can be effectively mitigated. This paper describes how the University of Southa...

This is a conference paper.

This is a conference paper. Assessment is widely regarded as the critical catalyst for student learning (e.g. Brown, Bull and Pendlebury, 1997), and there is considerable pressure on higher education (HE) institutions (HEIs) to measure more formally how learning outcomes (LOs) have been met by students (TQEC Cooke Report quoted by Dearing, 1997; Fa...

Formative eAssessment can be very helpful in providing high quality higher education assignments. When a university is encouraging the uptake of formative eAssessment internally it is useful to have case studies from academic schools detailing how academics enthusiastic about formative eAssessment have used it in their modules with the assistance o...