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Student Experiences with a Bring Your Own Laptop e-Exam System in Pre-university College

Authors : Mathew Hillier, Nathaniel Lyon

Published in: Empowering Learners for Life in the Digital Age

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This study investigated students’ perceptions of a bring-your-own (BYO) laptop based e-Examination system used in trials conducted at an Australian pre-university college in 2016 and 2017. The trials were conducted in two different subjects, in geography and globalisation. Data were gathered using pre-post surveys (n = 128) that comprised qualitative comments and Likert items. Students’ perceptions were gathered relating to the ease of use of the e-Examination system, technical reliability, suitability of the assessment task to computerisation and the logistical aspects of the examination process. Many of the typists were taking a computerised supervised test for the first time. A divergence of opinions between those that typed and those that hand-wrote regarding students’ future use intentions became more prominent following the examination event.

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Title: Student Experiences with a Bring Your Own Laptop e-Exam System in Pre-university College
Authors: Mathew Hillier
Nathaniel Lyon
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Empowering Learners for Life in the Digital Age
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-23512-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-23513-0

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23513-0_25

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