SOLVING THE ‘RIDDEL’ OF E-ASSESSMENT: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS
Upasana Gitanjali Singh, The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communication · The International Journal of E-Learning and Educational Technologies in the Digital Media · 2015
Identifying a gap in the literature, with respect to student perceptions, on the implementation of e-assessment, as an alternate assessment method, the researcher investigated the students’ views, on the implementation of an indigenous e-assessment system, named Riddel, within the discipline of Information Systems and Technology, at the University of Kwa ZuluNatal. The Riddel e-assessment system is briefly introduced before the student perceptions of this form of assessment is presented. The findings clearly indicate student acceptance of this form of assessment, as well as enthusiasm for e-assessment to be made more prominent in other modules they take. This highlights the importance of experimenting with and applying new forms of technology within an academic context, to make the entire learning process more exciting, for both the student, and the academic. Ultimately, this study shows that the implementation of e-assessment was widely accepted by these students, as a novel approach to assessment.