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Friday, August 13, 2004
Delivering Online Examinations: A Case Study - Jason HOWARTH, John MESSING, Irfan ALTAS; TOJDE
....Students in these courses are geographically dispersed, located throughout Australia and overseas from Canada and the USA to the United Arab Emirates. Conducting conventional examinations under these conditions brings with it a host of challenges. Synchronizing examination times across a number of time zones becomes impossible when the time differences are more than a few hours. Students enrolled in these courses often find it difficult to balance work commitments against the need to sit an exam at a time and place nominated by the university. Significant numbers of students are required by their employers to travel on a regular basis and at short notice. A survey conducted in 2003 revealed that a considerable number of these students would prefer online testing to paper-based assessment.
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