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5e2b2739371b6edf8043c2bb8831a05e |
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988e42a4ad32f24a3f8311a89515bcfc |
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Date |
2019-07-02 |
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abstract |
This work provides the findings of a large study about e-authentication and authorship
verification for e-assessment. Our aims were to identify the stakeholders’ views about
the TeSLA platform and suggest recommendations. This study draws primarily on pre-
and post-intervention questionnaires completed by a total of 4,058 students, including
330 SEND students, and 54 educators from the seven TeSLA pilot universities. In addition,
7 pilot coordinators, 7 technical professionals and 7 institutional leaders from the
partner universities provided extra data through 3 questionnaires.
The overall experience with the TeSLA instruments was positive for more than 50% of
the students from all partner universities, with more than 70% considering the key
advantages of e-assessment with e-authentication to be: “to ensure that my examination
results are trusted” and “to prove that my essay is my own original work”. Two recommendations
were highlighted for students. First, clarifying academic malpractices about plagiarism
and cheating including explanations to foster academic integrity. Second, promoting
discussion about data security and privacy with students to increase their willingness
in sharing personal data.
Various teaching staff agreed they were satisfied with the TeSLA experience. Most
of the participants received technical support and two institutions mentioned that
issues should be satisfactory solved. The recommendations were providing teaching
staff with in-time technical support and pedagogical guidance. The technical teams
provided various suggestions for institution interested in the TeSLA system: good
communication with end-users, documentation, sufficient capacity, cloud solution and
training. The course coordinators presented some benefits of using e-authentication
such as new types of assessments and the opportunities of increasing trust of e-assessment
by reducing cheating and academic malpractice. The recommendations were to provide
access to the results of e-authentication and authorship verification, including the
effectiveness of the TeSLA system.
Six leaders would be willing to adopt an e-authentication system (e.g. TeSLA) for
their institution. Three leaders would buy an e-authentication and anti-plagiarism
system for providing enhanced flexibility and possibilities of e-assessments that
are trustful. Their expectations were to obtain a user-friendly system, usable product,
well-documented references, information about how the tools work and guidelines for
interpreting results and detecting cheating. The positive effect of TeSLA on new kind
of assessments with possibilities and alternatives for students including SEND were
observed by all institutions. To support academic integrity with TeSLA platform, the
requirements highlighted by participants were: fast communication of solutions and
results of e-authentication, training for the adoption of TeSLA in the universities
and sharing institutional regulations for integrating e-authentication system in the
educational process, to ensure trust with success rates of fraud detection. |
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authors |
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ext-885bf34a2ac5b629331c0ccca270c232 |
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peerReviewed |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/950873 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/950874 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/950875 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/950876 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/950877 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/950878 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/956045 |
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AcademicArticle |
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Article |
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label |
Okada, Alexandra and Whitelock, Denise (2019). Academic Integrity through e-authentication
and authorship verification for e-assessment: impact study. In: 7th International
Assessment in Higher Education Conference, 2 Jul 2019, Manchester UK. |
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label |
Okada, Alexandra and Whitelock, Denise (2019). Academic Integrity through e-authentication
and authorship verification for e-assessment: impact study. In: 7th International
Assessment in Higher Education Conference, 2 Jul 2019, Manchester UK. |
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Title |
Academic Integrity through e-authentication and authorship verification for e-assessment:
impact study |
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oro |