TY - GEN
T1 - Dependable distributed testing
T2 - International Conference on e-Business, ICE-B 2010
AU - Frank, Ariel J.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Distributed Education (DE) enables education, both teaching and learning, anytime, anywhere, using any media or modality, at any pace. Assessment, especially testing, is a major component in the overall evaluation of an educational program. However, there still is an important component missing from most DE programs to enable its full realization in a distributed environment: dependable distributed testing (DDT). The paper presents a comprehensive risk analysis of dependable distributed testing that classifies seven (types of) risks, introduces the resultant DoDoT (Dependable observable Distributed online Testing) reference model, and examines its coverage by three commercial systems. However, these systems are not yet in use in most DE frameworks and do not have yet full DoDoT coverage. The vision of the DoDoT reference model is the continued pursuit and adaptation of new, innovative technologies and methods to make dependable distributed testing increasingly more computerized, reliable, affordable and prevalent.
AB - Distributed Education (DE) enables education, both teaching and learning, anytime, anywhere, using any media or modality, at any pace. Assessment, especially testing, is a major component in the overall evaluation of an educational program. However, there still is an important component missing from most DE programs to enable its full realization in a distributed environment: dependable distributed testing (DDT). The paper presents a comprehensive risk analysis of dependable distributed testing that classifies seven (types of) risks, introduces the resultant DoDoT (Dependable observable Distributed online Testing) reference model, and examines its coverage by three commercial systems. However, these systems are not yet in use in most DE frameworks and do not have yet full DoDoT coverage. The vision of the DoDoT reference model is the continued pursuit and adaptation of new, innovative technologies and methods to make dependable distributed testing increasingly more computerized, reliable, affordable and prevalent.
KW - Dependable distributed testing
KW - Distributed education
KW - Identity verification
KW - Lockdown software
KW - Online proctoring
KW - Secure online testing
KW - Test cheating
KW - Test integrity
KW - Testing management system
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AN - SCOPUS:78751479769
SN - 9789898425171
T3 - ICE-B 2010 - Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business
SP - 22
EP - 31
BT - ICE-B 2010 - Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Business
Y2 - 26 July 2010 through 28 July 2010
ER -