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Dr Mathew Hillier Monash University

OLT e-Exams: Ramping up the authenticity of high-stakes supervised assessment for the 21st century

Presentation for Macquarie 23 Sep 2016

TransformingExams.com Acknowledgement Office of Learning and Teaching

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TransformingExamsAcrossAustraliaAustralianGovernmentOfficeforLearningandTeachingNa:onalGrantID15-4747:AU$500Kover3Years+100KMonash

Acknowledgements-DiamondandGoldSponsors!500KinsupportforthisprojecthasbeenprovidedbytheAustralianGovernmentOfficeforLearningandTeaching.TheviewsexpresseddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheAustralianGovernmentOfficeforLearningandTeachingorpar:cipa:ngins:tu:ons.100Kaddi:onalcashfromMonashUniversity.

Demo&Guide

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Dr Mathew Hillier; Leader OLT national project. Seed leader

Monash University (was University of Queensland)

Dr Andrew Fluck; Originator of USB e-exam concept. Seed partner.

University of Tasmania

Dr Michael Cowling, Mr Kenneth Howah Seed trial site.

Central Queensland University

Dr Kim Blackmore Australian National University Assoc. Prof. Paul Newhouse Edith Cowan University Dr Matthew Bower, Prof. Dominic Verity Macquarie University Prof. Marilyn Baird (H), Mr Scott Grant (A) Monash University Assoc. Prof. Shona Leitch RMIT University Dr Ruth Geer, Mr Bruce White University of South Australia TransformingExams.com

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Civil Service Exam Under Emperor Jen Tsung (fl.1022) from a history of Chinese emperors(colour on silk): Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France.

Is this your exam space?

Palace Examination at Kaifeng, Song Dynasty (960–1279), China.

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Civil Service Exam Under Emperor Jen Tsung (fl.1022) from a history of Chinese emperors(colour on silk): Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France.

Actually it looked more like this and they locked you in for 3 days!

Imperial Examination Hall Gongyuan (1909), Beijing, China.

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Ques:onstoponder1.  Whydowedoexams?2.  Areexamss:llneeded?3.  Canwedoexamsbe[er?4.  Howcanwedobe[erand

whatdoesittake?

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Take 3 minutes § In pairs, discuss should we still keep doing exams?

Then, share with the room – Two reasons to keep (why we do them)

– Two reasons to reduce

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PossiblereasonstokeepexamsHighstakes,supervisedtes:ngiss:llneededbecause:•  Qualifica:oniden:fyverifica:on(besureitisthestudent’swork–riseofghostwri:ng/outsourcing)

•  Atestofthestudent’s‘metal’underpressure.•  Accredita:onrequirements.•  Social/poli:calstakeholderexpecta:ons.•  Timeandworkloadefficiencies?•  Otherreasons…?

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PossiblereasonstoreduceexamsPaperfeatures…•  Limitedpedagogicalscope…MCQ/TF,short/essayresponse,flat

andsta:c,images/diagrams.•  Endproduct(finalresponse)ratherthanprocess.•  Whattheyrememberratherthenwhattheycando(given

accesstorealworldcondi:ons).•  Hand-wri[enpen-on-paperismuchlesscommonasaproblem

solvingandinforma:onpresenta:ontool.•  Otherareasofeduca:ondelivery–progressive,forma:ve

assessmenthasmovedtowardsricherformsofassessment,moderntools,simula:ons,mul:media,wordprocessed,informa:onrepositories…

Isthislimi:ngourabilitytoaccreditgraduatesasbeingabletooperateintheworldoftoday,immersedintechnology,informa:onandcomplexity? 8

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QualityAssessment?

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DET (2016) Quality of assessment in vocational education and training - Discussion Paper, 8 Feb, Commonwealth of Australia https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/2016-02-08_quality_of_assessment_in_vet_-_discussion_paper_jan_2016.pdf

Ins:tu:onsmustbeabletocer:fytheircapabili:estooperateinthe21stCenturyworld.Weneedfitforpurpose,valid,authenAc,assessments.

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21stcenturyemployabilityskills

Waysofthinking •  crea:vityandinnova:on•  cri:calthinking,problemsolving•  learningtolearn,metacogni:on

Waysofworking •  communica:on•  collabora:on(teamwork)

Toolsforworking •  informa:onliteracy•  ICTliteracy•  disciplineresourcesandtools

Livingintheworld •  ci:zenship–localandglobal•  lifeandcareer•  personalandsocialresponsibility(including

culturalawarenessandcompetence)

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http://atc21s.org/ Binkley, M., Erstad, O., Hermna, J., Raizen, S., Ripley, M., Miller-Ricci, M., & Rumble, M. (2012). Defining Twenty-First Century Skills. In Griffin, P., Care, E., & McGaw, B. Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills, Dordrecht, Springer.

Quality Assessment = fit for purpose!

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21CLearners

•  skilleduseoftools…asappliances?forlearningpurposes?•  ac:velearningratherthanpassivereceivingofknowledge•  authen:clearningexperiencesratherthancontrivedtasks•  construc:onratherthaninstruc:on•  task(notprocess)oriented•  justin:melearning•  searchnotmemorise•  u:lisesocialnetworks•  doesn’tknowanswerbutknowswheretofindit•  Googlenotlibraries•  collaboratenotcompete.

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Elliott, B (2007)

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LearningandassessmentCommunity expects: Employers, professional bodies and the community are expecting graduates to be able to perform appropriately in proactive, task-directed ways where they implement their discipline specific knowledge in a context that involves many stakeholders. But… Universities are more often concerned with students mastering the conceptual understanding of core discipline principles and applying these to artificially constructed tasks designed for assessments that can be easily delivered and marked. Good for us?

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Maybe not so good for student learning…?

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Rethinkingcurriculumdesign–rethinkingassessment

A rethink is under way… in the broad curriculum.

We are doing better curriculum design… that facilitates both the development and assessment of discipline skills and capabilities, as well as the application of these skills and capabilities … when done well this reflects are more authentic environment with collaboration with other people, information resources, modern tools of the trade.

The real world is messy, complex, contradictory, uses a range of information sources, tools, perspectives, stakeholders and techniques.

We need to move along the continuum from the artificial towards the authentic.

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Thingsalreadyathand:AssessmentinLMS/VLE

Many more Moodle examples transformingassessment.com Blackboard course archive available upon request. \14

Assessment options in LMSs <- Moodle Blackboard -> Some computer marked while others require human intervention. Drive towards higher order thinking. How about … have students use tools to develop solutions and then respond via LMS.

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Moodlee-AssessmentExamples•  TransformingAssessment.com

15http://moodle.transformingassessment.com/

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InteracAvetoolsinassessment

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1.  Studentclicksalinkembeddedinthequiztolaunchaseparateapp.

2.  Undertakesataskasinstructed.

3.  Thenrespondsusingselectedresponseornumericalinputtosuit.

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InteracAvetoolsinassessmentSpreadsheetlinkedtoquiz

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Jmol: Open-source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D Moodle Quiz

Studentsinteractwithonlinetoolstoobtaindatatoconstructaresponse

Interactive tools in assessment

More examples in Moodle at transformingassessment.com

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SimulatedConversa:on(Monash)StudentsrespondtoaseriesstatementsviaMCQs(maybe,yes,no)withfeedbackperchoicetosimulateaconversa:one.g.MoodlelessonacAvity.

h[p://conversa:onsim.org/Nelson,R&Dawson,P(2013)Assessment-as-learning:introducingtheConversa:onSim,TAwebinar/e-AssessmentScotland,21Augh[p://transformingassessment.com/eAS_2013/events_21_aug_2013.php

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Examples–ShorttextresponseStudentstypeinashortsentenceresponsewhichcanbemarkedbycomputerbasedonpa[ernmatching.AvailableinstandardMoodle.Exampleques:onExampleserngs

SallyJordan,OpenUniUK,TAwebinar,5June2013transformingassessment.com/events_5_june_2013.php

Kine:cenergywillbeatmaximumwhenatthebo[omoftheslide.

evalua:on

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Examples–Confidenceques:onsConfidencebasedapproachespenaliseguessing.Studentsneedtochoosearesponseanddeclaretheirlevelofcertainty.AvailableinstandardMoodle.

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UniversityCollegeLondon

CertaintyvMarkExpected

Certaintylevelsandconsequences

TonyGardner-Medwin,UCL,TAWebinar6April2011h[p://transformingassessment.com/events_6_april_2011.php

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Usetechnologytoenhanceques:ons

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VR,360deg,sphericalimages

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/subsecrets/nautconhi.html

Virtual reality, 360-degree images, spherical images. Take students to places they would not otherwise be able to go…

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/subsecrets/nauttorlo.html

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LabSimula:onsPhysicalhardwarecanbeconnectedtotheinternetorwecanusesoIwaresimulaAonsoflabsandexperiments.

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MoreSimula:onsA/Prof.PierreBenckendorff(UniversityofQueensland,Australia)

OLTwork:bizsims.edu.au(31Simslisted/reviewed)Complexsimula:onsdesignedtoteachstrategy,compe::veanalysis,finance,marke:ng,HRM,cross-func:onalalignment,andtheselec:onoftac:cstobuildasuccessfulbusiness.

25TA webinar: http://transformingassessment.com/events_4_march_2015.php

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3DVirtualSpaces

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•  Sloodle(SecondLifeinMoodle)

•  QuizHUD

•  Scriptedchatbots

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MoodleandOpenSimWorkingTogether

Dataflowsasifthestudentwas

doingtheac7vityintheLMS

Asetofscripts

forMoodleand

VWthatactsas

abridge.

Student

undertakes

assessmentin

thevirtual

world

SetupQuizin

theLMS.

Resultsare

storedinthein

gradebook.

Videos:TransformingAssessmentYoutubeChannel

Undertakinganassessmentac:vityintheVWini:atesdatatransferstotheLMS.

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UQ Virtual Business Environment

TAwebinarh[p://transformingassessment.com/events_5_august_2015.php

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Sim Features - trading

1.Money2.A[ributes3.Avatar4.TextChat

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Sim Features: Obtain a loan, resolve disputes, buy supplies

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The VBE App

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VirtualImmersiveLanguageLessons(1)

TAwebinarh[p://transformingassessment.com/events_1_april_2015.php32

Sco[Grant(MonashUniversity,Australia)h[p://www.virtuallyenhancedlanguages.com

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VirtualImmersiveLanguageLessons(2)TaskBasedLearningorTaskBasedLanguageLearning(TBLL).Includescommunica:onac:vi:es,usinglanguagetocarryouttasks,languageusethatismeaningfultothelearnerandhasapurpose,andcommunica:onac:vi:esthatreflectreal-lifeac:vi:eswithauthen:cmaterials.Learnbydoing:Purchasesuppliesthencooknoodles–allinChinese.

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so…

e-exams 34

Where does that leave exams?

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Thedissonanceofitall!RealworldofworkExams

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World Economic Forum – How will digital change your working world. https://agenda.weforum.org/wp-content/uploads/rtr2m8vm1-628x330.jpg

Exams at Monash Caufield in 2015 (mathew.hilier[at]monash.edu)

Wearefacedwithagrowingdisconnectbetweenthewayhighstakestes7ngisconductedusingpenonpaperexamsandstudents’everydayexperiencesofstudy,workandlife.

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Take 3 minutes § In pairs, discuss what would be an ideal exam?

Then, share with the room – Two outcomes – Two enabling features of an ideal exam

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Be[erexams•  Letsmakeexamsasgoodastheycanbe…

– Broadenthepedagogicallandscapeintheexamroom.

– Givestudentsaccesstothe‘toolsofthetradeofthetwentyfirstcentury’…

– Tosolveproblemstypicalofthosefacedintheworkandlifeworld–wicked,messy,complexproblemsthatrequireconstructedresponses.

•  Challenge:mustworkwiththepragma:csandrequirementsofexis:ngeduca:ondelivery.– Valid,robust,easytouse,efficient,economical,supportable…Itmustworkintheworldwehave,nottheworldwewishwehad! 37

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Whyandhowofe-ExamsRa:onale:Concerns,drivers,possiblesolu:onsfore-Exams.Atruly'wicked','messy'problemandalongroadtogetitright!...

Presentedra:onalein2013andSeedgrantfindingsat2014,2015ASCILITEconfs.Moretocome…andexploredindepthinHillier&Fluck(2013)h[p://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney13/program/papers/Hillier.pdf

ta.vu/eexam-map

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PossibleFuture-whenandhow?Anevolu:onratherthanarevolu:on.Someaspectsmayoccurquickerthenothersdependingonpar:cularimplementa:on,technicalmodelschosen,socio-cultural-policyenvironmentcondi:ons.OutlookforAustralasia.DenmarkandNorwayalreadyhave‘internetinexams’.

39Hillier, M & Fluck, A (2015) "A pedagogical end game for exams: a look 10 years into the future of high stakes assessment", ASCILITE Conference, Perth, 29 Nov - 2 Dec

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Oure-ExamProject...

•  Supervised•  Highstakes•  Oncampus•  Largescale

(imagecredit:DrFluckUTAS)

Whatwearenotspecificallyaddressinghereisoffcampus,

onlineonly,distanceeduca7on,crossins7tu7onalstudents

–thereareextraissues(later!)and

somepossiblee-solu7onstoaddresstheseneeds.

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e-Exams:Online,Offline,OnCampusorDistance

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Online(net)

•  Spaceissuesforins:tu:ons.•  Improvedexammanagement

efficiency.•  Equipment:needcomputerlabsto

caterfor2000atonceorBYO.•  Mostsecure:liveITmonitoring/

controlandspacesaresupervised.•  Needsreliablenetwork.

•  Nospaceissueforins:tu:ons.•  Moreefficientexam

management.•  Studentssupplyequipment.

•  Lesssecure:ITmonitoringbutwiderspacesareunsupervised.

•  Needsreliablenetwork.

Offline

•  Spaceissuesforins:tu:ons.•  Lessefficientexammanagement.•  Equipment:needcomputerlabsto

caterfor2000atonceorBYO.•  Moresecure:ITcontrolpossible,

spacesaresupervised.•  Networkreliabilitynotanissue.

•  Nospaceissueforins:tu:ons.•  Lessefficientexammanagement.•  Studentssupplyequipment.

•  Notsecure:nousefulmonitoring/essen:allyunsupervised.

•  Networkreliabilitynotanissue.OnCampus(controlledspaces) Distance(athome)

Therearetrade-offsforanye-examsolu:on.

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QuickGuidetoOLTe-ExamsAim:tobe[erassessstudentcapabili:esusingthe'toolsofthetrade'ofthe21stCentury.Todevelopfuturelooking,'workready’(andlifeready)graduatesweneedtobeabletoassesscomplex,constructed,even'wicked'tasks.e-Exam:asupervisedexamina:onundertakenbyacandidateusingtheirowncomputer.CandidatesstarttheircomputerfromacustomdesignedUSBwhichcontains:•  Theopera:ngsystemandafullsuiteofofficeapplica:ons.

•  Theques:onsandallancillarymaterialindigitalformat.

•  Areservedloca:onforcandidateresponsesWorksonmostAppleand‘Windows’laptops.

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e-ExamSystemAffordances

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Per:nentFeatures AffordancesA'Wholecomputer'environment(OS,LMS,applica:ons…)onas:ck.

Expandedpedagogicalscopeoverthatofapenorbrowserwindow.

TypedresponsesviaWordprocessor,constructedviaapps(humanmarked)oron-boardlearningmanagementsystemquiz(computermarked).

Catersforintroduc:ontoadvanceduses.Componentscanbeadded/removedtosuit.Electroniccollec:onfacilitatesanaly:cs,itemresponseanalysis…

Nolivenetworkrequiredduringexam,evenforLMSques:ons.

Robust.Greatercontrol.(networkcouldbeusedforadmin)

Studentownedequipmentusedashostandleyuntouched.

Anethicalapproachtoscalability(noinvasivesoywaretoinstall)

Modular,opensourcecodebaseandcommodity'offtheshelf'components.

Leveragingpopularandsustainableprojectsforbe[erefficiency.Fully'known'(no'blackbox').Available!

OneversionworksonmostIntelbasedlaptops-Apple,'windows',Linux,thathaveaUSBport.

Onesoywareversioncanserveall.Streamlinesdevelopmentandmaintenance.

Bootable ‘live’ USB drive

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e-exams 44

Start>>> >currentphase1trials> >>> >>> >>> >>>Future>>GetReady Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5

Ins:tu:onalapprovals, Paper equivalent small scale. Post-paper small to medium. Medium to large scale. Whitelisted and logged Internet Open but fully logged Internet ResearchEthics, Basic doc exams only to begin! Expanding the media landscape. Adding the power of an LMS. Network during BYOD exam. Network during BYOD exam.

Hardware&infrastructure. Crawling Walking Running Jumping Flying! Type1:Paperequivalentdocs Type1:Paperequivalentdocs Type1:Paperequivalentdocs

Studentsgivenchoicetotype. Studentsgivenchoicetotype. Studentsgivenchoicetotype. Smallnumberstyping~20to50.Mediumnumbers~100-200. Largenumbers~200+ Simultaneous,oncampus,

supervised.Simultaneous,oncampus,supervised.

Simultaneous,oncampus,supervised.

Nolivenetwork.Paperfullback. Nolivenetwork.Paperfullback. Nolivenetwork.Paperfullback. BYOstudentlaptops,Venue

powersockets,sparelaptops.BYOstudentlaptops,Venuepowersockets,sparelaptops.

BYOstudentlaptops,Venuepowersockets,sparelaptops.

Type2.A:Postpaperviaworddocslinkedtomediaandothertools

Type2.A:Postpaperviaworddocslinkedtomediaandothertools

Type2.B:Postpaperviaworddocslinkedtomediaandselectonlinerefs

Type2.C:Postpaperviaworddocslinkedtomedia,openonlineaccess

Allstudentsmusttype. Allstudentsmusttype. Allstudentsmusttype. Allstudentsmusttype. Smalltomedium~50-200. Mediumnumber~100-200. Largenumbers~200+ Largenumbers~200+ Simultaneous,oncampus,

supervised.Simultaneous,oncampus,supervised.

Simultaneous,oncampus,supervised.

Simultaneous,oncampus,supervise

Nolivenetwork. Nolivenetwork. WhitelistInternet. Fullyloggedopeninternet. Docslinkedtomul:media,3rd

partyapps,simula:on,PDF,etc.Docslinkedtomul:media,3rdpartyapps,simula:on,PDF,etc.

Docslinkedtomul:media,3rdpartyapps,simula:on,PDF,etc.

Docslinkedtomul:media,3rdpartyapps,sims,PDF,etc

BYOstudentlaptops,Venuepowersockets,sparelaptops.

BYOstudentlaptops,Venuepowersockets,sparelaptops.

MixBYOstudentlaptops,VenuepowersocketsandLabPCs.

MixBYOstudentlaptops,Venuepower&LabPCs.

Type3.A:On-board(Moodle) Type3.B:On-boardLMS,onlineType3.C:On-b’dLMS,open Allstudentsmusttype. Allstudentsmusttype. Allstudentsmusttype. Mediumnumbers~100-200 Largenumbers~200+ Largenumbers~200+ Simultaneous,oncampus,

supervised.Simultaneous,oncampus,supervised.

Simultaneous,oncampus,supervise

Nolivenetwork. WhitelistInternet. Fullyloggedopeninternet. On-boardMoodlequiztool. On-boardMoodleQuiztool. On-boardMoodleQuiztool. BYOstudentlaptops,Venue

powersockets,sparelaptops.MixBYOstudentlaptops,VenuepowersocketsandLabPCs.

MixBYOstudentlaptops,VenuepowerandLabPCs.

Type4.B:Online/Networked.MixedMode,onlinerefs

Type4.C:Online/Networked.MixedMode,openonline

Allstudentsmusttype. Allstudentsmusttype. Mediumnumbers~100-200 Largenumbers200+ Simultaneous,oncampus,

supervised.Simultaneous,oncampus,supervise

WhitelistInternet. Fullyloggedopeninternet. OnlineLMS(Blackboard,

Canvas,D2Letc.),on-boardLMS,remotedesktops,docs,media,sims,appsMixnmatch!

OnlineLMS(Blackboard,Canvas,D2Letc.),on-boardLMS,remotedesktops,docs,media,sims,apps…

MixBYOstudentlaptops,VenuepowersocketsandLabPCs.

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Interac:vee-assessmentdesign

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Interactive tool

Response

Question

Separatetheinterac:vetool/object/artefactfromtheques:onandthefeedback.

Nowapplythattoexamstoo!

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Wherewearenow:PaperEquivalentWorddoc!Ques:ontypesused:shortanswer/essay,matching,constructatable,labeladiagram/image(byfillingatable).Manualmarking.

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Wherewearenow:PaperPlusWorddoc,plusapps.Ques:ondocumentwithlinkstolaunchlocalappsandresources:graphics,Scratchprogrammingtools,presenta:onslides,PDFs.Allon-boardtheUSBs:ck.‘ITinEduca:on’exams:AndrewFluck,UTAS.

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PDF

Scratch SDK

Exam doc

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TheFuture:Post-paperexamsSimula:ons,tools,virtualexperiments,seriousgames…Business,history,language/communica:on,sciencelabs…

'Windows'soywareviaWINE.E.g.CAD/3Dmodeling,Celes:a.Moodlequizwithmedia(automarked).

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Currente-Examv5Workflow

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Postsession:retrieveresponsesandassessment

Examroomuse

ResponsesretrievedfromUSBs. Collatede-responsessenttoacademic.

CreatemasterUSB(tested)

USBsduplicatedperstudentAcademiccreatesexamlearningmaterial

Set-up:prepareexamlearningmaterials Pre-session:Studentlaptopsetup&prac:ce.

CollectUSBs(responses)

1. Studentsenterroom.

2. GivenUSB.3. Bootlaptop.4. Doexam.5. ReturnUSB.6. Leaveroom.

Ubuntu

LiveUSB.

LibreOffice,

Moodleetc

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E-examprocessingsta:on

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Prototype using commodity components.

Using an old laptop it can handle 98 USBs at once.

Helper scripts to

•  Initial ‘burn’ OS to each USB

•  Place exam materials.

•  Retrieve exam materials.

•  Set-up for the next exam.

User friendly interface planned.

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e-Exam:WalkThrough

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WalkThrough

2.HolddownALTthenpoweron.KeepholdingALTun:lyousee…

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2.Poweronwhiletapping‘bootkey’(e.g.F12or…)Keeptappingun:lyousee…(orsimilar)

*Win8:firstneedtodisablesecureboot.

1. Start with the computer turned OFF. Then insert USB stick

Apple Other/Windows*

Taptaptap...Holddown

Pressandreleasepower

Pressandreleasepower

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WalkThrough

3.Selectayellowicon.EFIbootor‘Windows’

Couldbeeitherone!Sojusttry.Ifyouget

Trytheotherone!53

3.SelectUSBdevice.Itmightbelabeledsomethingelseandprobablywontbefirst.

Apple Other/Windows

e-Exam

e-Exam

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WalkThrough

4A.Somesystemmessagesmayappear,ifsojustwait.4B.Examsystemstarts.

5.Arriveate-Examsystemdesktop.

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WalkThrough6.StudentnowtypesintheirstudentIDnumberandname*(canbedisabled).ClickStartExam.(whathappensnextdependentuponchosenexammode)

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WalkThrough(Documentmode)7.Examfileopensreadytoenterexamdetailsandresponses.

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Note:originalfilecopiedandstudentnumberprefixedtofilename.

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WalkThrough(Documentmode)8.Readques:onsandtyperesponsesintoareasindicated.

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WalkThrough(post-paper)8.1in‘post-paper’exams:Makeresourcesavailable(PDFs,Videos,images)andusespecialistsoywaretoolstoconstructresponses.Launchedvialinksinthedocument.

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WalkThrough9.Remembertosave(CTRLS).WhendoneuseFile>Exit.

[thereisa2min‘autorecovery’save]

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WalkThrough10.Shutdownthesystem.Whenthesystemhaspoweredoff,handintheUSBS:ck.

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Shutdownbu[on

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e-Exam:LMSGatewayMode

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StartlaptopwithUSB.Insteadoflaunchingadocument,itopensawebbrowser.Networkconnec:onsonlypossibletopre-defineddes:na:on–e.g.UQBlackboard

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e-Exam:LMSGatewayMode

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UseBlackboardtestserngsforcontrol.BesttohaveseparateExamserver.

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e-Exam:on-boardLMSMode

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StartlaptopwithUSB.Launchesawebbrowsertologintoanon-boardMoodle.Moodleaccountcreated-on-the-fly.Networkconnec:onsNOTpossible.

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e-Exam:on-boardLMSMode

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Removenon-examrelatedmodulesandmenus.Largemul:mediaispossibledueon-boardstorage.

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MoreQuesAonsandDiscussionPoints1)Howwellpreparedare:

– StudentstoBYODforexams?– Academicsfortakingonnewapproachestoexams?

– Ins:tu:onstosupportBYODinexamvenues?2)Transi:oningtoe-Examsvia'paper-replacement'examsappearsthemostfavouredstrategy(e.g.firstreplica:ngpaperexamsinanelectronicformbeforemovingontoamixofrichmul:media,linkedsoywareapps,andcomputermarkedques:ons).Doyouagree?3)Whatkindsof'post-paper'examscanweenvision?4)Howcane-Examsenablecurriculumtransforma:on?

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Ready?

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Moreinforma:on….Demoset-upGuide,StudentPrac:ceandUserGuideh[p://transformingexams.com

Demovideosstart-up,useandrecoveryexamples.Appleh[p://ta.vu/eexam-demo-a'Wintel'(Dell)h[p://ta.vu/eexam-demo-dContact:mathew.hillier[at]monash.edu

e-ExamProjectResources

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End

CitethisresourceHillier,M(2016)“OLTe-Exams:Rampinguptheauthen:cityofhigh-stakessupervisedassessmentforthe21stcentury”,Presenta:onforMacquarie,Sydney,[email protected]

h[p://ta.vu/e-exam-serv

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